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STUDY PROTOCOL article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1497552
This article is part of the Research Topic Monitoring and Promoting Physical Exercise and Physical Performance in Esports Players View all articles

Esports Physical Exercise/Performance Matrix 1.0 Country Factsheets: A Protocol for National, Regional and Global Annual Assessment

Provisionally accepted
Bo Long Bo Long 1Agu Damu Agu Damu 2*Radenko M. Matic Radenko M. Matic 3Stevo Popovic Stevo Popovic 4*Te Bu Te Bu 1
  • 1 College of Physical Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
  • 2 Graduate School of Social Welfare, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 3 Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia
  • 4 Faculty for Sport and Physical Education, University of Montenegro, Niksic, Montenegro

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    This protocol helps evaluators gather current data and produce annual assessments based on specific indicators to provide evidence about physical activity among esports players and identify the barriers they face. This manuscript aims to develop a methodology to establish a standardized monitoring system for assessing physical exercise and performance in esports players on national, regional, and global levels. This study protocol proposes 20 sociodemographic indicators available online to help characterize participating countries and describe each country's demographic profile.On the other hand, this protocol proposed nine content indicators that were singled out for assessing physical exercise and performance in esports players. A separate analysis has to be conducted to evaluate each content indicator, and a ten-point grading scale will be employed. This study protocol will initiate the national evaluators (researchers) to meet annually to produce reports to ensure effective and dynamic linkages between research and practice.

    Keywords: eSports, Exercise, performance, Monitoring, surveillance, system

    Received: 17 Sep 2024; Accepted: 31 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Long, Damu, Matic, Popovic and Bu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Agu Damu, Graduate School of Social Welfare, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    Stevo Popovic, Faculty for Sport and Physical Education, University of Montenegro, Niksic, Montenegro

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