Incorrect design and analysis render conclusion unsubstantiated: comment on "A digital movement in the world of inactive children: favourable outcomes of playing active video games in a pilot randomized trial"
Eur J Pediatr
.
2020 Sep;179(9):1487-1488.
doi: 10.1007/s00431-020-03590-y.
Epub 2020 Feb 20.
Authors
Lilian Golzarri-Arroyo
1
,
Colby J Vorland
2
,
Lehana Thabane
3
4
,
J Michael Oakes
5
,
Ethan T Hunt
6
,
Andrew W Brown
2
,
David B Allison
2
Affiliations
1
School of Public Health, Indiana University - Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
[email protected]
.
2
School of Public Health, Indiana University - Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
3
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
4
Biostatistics Unit, St Joseph Healthcare-Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
5
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
6
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
PMID:
32078037
PMCID:
PMC7415517
DOI:
10.1007/s00431-020-03590-y
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Comment
MeSH terms
Child
Exercise
Humans
Pilot Projects
Sedentary Behavior
Video Games*
Grants and funding
R25 DK099080/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States
R25 HL124208/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States