Effects of exergaming on the quality of life and functional capacity of university students

The objective of this study was to evaluate a training protocol with the use of exergames in university students. Participated of this study 43 university students that were divided into two groups: Control Group and Protocol Group that was submitted to 33 sessions of exergames.The World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument questionnaire was used as a tool for pre and post-intervention evaluation, a six-minute walk test for functional capacity assessment and anthropometric measures for body mass index calculation. There was a statistically significant difference, with p≤0.05 in the BMI of the GP from 24.00 ± 5.98 to 23.85 ± 5.51. Regarding quality of life, there was a significant increase in the environmental domain obtained by the protocol group, from 65.3 ± 13.7 to 69.6 ± 13.2 and in the psychological domain when comparing the control group with the protocol group, obtaining p = 0.02. In the six-minute walk test, the distance obtained was also increased, from 559.02 ± 105.97m to 631.00 ± 105.92m (p = 0.00) and the distance traveled (74.37% to 83.95% and p = 0.00). The practice of physical exercises with the use of exergames contributes positively to the improvement of the general health of university students.