Effects of electronic sports games on children's acquisition of basic motor skills in a digital society
Objective To evaluate the influence of electronic sports games on children's acquisition of basic motor skills,so as to provide assistance for children's acquisition of basic motor skills in the context of digital society.Methods Computer searches were conducted on CNKI,Web of Science,Cochrane Library and PubMed databases from March 2012 to March 2022.Methodologi-cal quality of included studies was evaluated using the Cochrane bias risk assessment tool RoB 2 and the extension tools RoB 2 Clus-ter and ROBINS-I.Publication bias assessment,heterogeneity test,subgroup analysis and Meta-analysis were performed using Rev-Man 5.3.Results A total of 12 studies included 897 participants,7 randomized controlled trials,2 cohort randomized controlled trials and 3 non-randomized trials.Among them,2 items had a low risk of bias,8 items had certain risks and 2 items had a high risk of bias.Measures of basic motor skills in children from 12 studies included object control skills,motor skills,coordination,a-gility and balance.The results of Meta-analysis showed that electronic sports games had a positive effect on children's acquisition of basic motor skills(SMD=0.81,95%CI=0.46-1.17,P<0.05).Conclusion Children can generate positive interactive communi-cation behavior through physical activity and digital screen,and then promote the development of basic motor skills.
Video gamesMotor activityBasic motor skillsMeta-analysisChild