Extended Reality Technologies in Physical Fitness for Health Promotion

Abstract

This chapter presents a bibliometric analysis of extended reality technologies (i.e., augmented, virtual, and mixed reality) concerning physical fitness by analyzing 251 published documents from Scopus-indexed sources. Results from the analysis indicated that medicine and computer science are the prominent subject areas, and the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and Lecture Notes in Computer Science are the leading publishers in this domain. The analysis further found variability in terms of authorship patterns and international collaboration in 58 documents. In addition to this, the analysis found that there has been a steady increase in publications in this domain, with a substantial surge from 2019 onwards. The United States and China are the leading contributors, with several collaborative networks among countries, particularly among high-income, western nations. Furthermore, the keyword co-occurrences indicated that there is a focus on VR, gamification, and health issues related to older adults.