**3. Results**

In total, 120 studies were found following the proposed research methodology (Web of Science = 12; MedLine via PubMed = 17; ScienceDirect = 71; Scopus = 20). After using the selection criteria, 17 studies were included (**Figure 1**).

**Table 1** shows the descriptive characteristics of the studies included in the present review. The year of publication of the studies ranged from 2012 to 2020. The sample size in each group (intervention and control) ranged from 5 to 557 participants. The samples included both girls and boys, except the study by EbrahimiSani et al. [26] that included only girls. The total number of participants was 2,631 (1,338 in the intervention group and 1,293 in the control group). The age of the participants ranged from 4 to 14 years old.

n: sample size; IG: intervention group; CG: control group; ♀: female; ♂: male; DCD: developmental coordination disorder.

**Figure 1.** *Flow chart of the included studies.*


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#### **Table 1.**

*Descriptive characteristics of the included studies.*

**Table 2** presents the methodological characteristics and the main results of the selected studies. The exergames used were Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360 Kinect, and PlayStation. The training frequency varied between 1 to 5 times per week, with a total of 8 to 60 minutes of intervention per week, for 2 to 36 weeks.



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*IG: intervention group; CG: control group; A: assessment; DDR: Dance Dance Revolution; TGMD-2: Test of Gross Motor Development-2nd Edition; TGMD-3: Test of Gross Motor Development-3; MABC-2: Movement Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition; PE: Physical Education; PA: physical activity; ABC: agility, balance, and coordination; FSM: Functional Strength Measure; BOT2: Bruininks Oseretsky test of motor proficiency 2; MDA: Mechanics-Dynamics-Esthetics; PSPCSA: Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance; PMSC: Pictorial Scale of Perceived Movement Skill Competence; FMS: fundamental motor skills.*

#### **Table 2.**

*Methodological and outcomes data extracted from the studies.*


*1a: randomized study; 1b: adequate randomization; 2a: double-blind study; 2b: proper blinding; 3: description of the sample loss.*

#### **Table 3.**

*Methodological quality evaluation through the Jadad scale.*

The methodological quality evaluation is shown in **Table 3**. Only two studies [31, 34] presented a low risk of bias.

**Table 4** shows the epistemological characteristics of the studies according to the STRASS criteria.


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#### **Table 4.**

*Epistemological characteristics of the studies.*
