Peer-reviewedCC BY-NC 4.0BMJ Open9 Oct 2026

Effects of immersive virtual reality-based physical activity interventions on anthropometric variables and physical fitness in university students: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Andrés Godoy-Cumillaf¹
Frano Giakoni-Ramírez²
Catalina Muñoz-Strale²
Josivaldo de Souza-Lima²
Maribel Parra-Saldías³
Daniel Duclos-Bastías^4,5
Claudio Farías-Valenzuela⁶
Eugenio Merellano-Navarro⁷
José Bruneau-Chávez⁸
Bruno Bizzozero-Peroni^9,10,11

11 affiliations

¹Grupo de Investigación en Educación Física, Salud y Calidad de Vida (EFISAL), Facultad de Educación, Universidad Autonoma de Chile, Temuco, Chile
²Facultad de Educación y Ciencias Sociales, Instituto del Deporte y Bienestar, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile
³Departamento de Educación Física, Deporte y Recreación, Universidad de Atacama, Copiapó, Chile
⁴iGEO, Escuela de Educación Física, Facultad de Filosofía y Educación, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
⁵METIS Research Lab, Facultad de Negocios y Tecnología, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio (UAX), Madrid, Spain
⁶Escuela de Ciencias de la Actividad Fisica, Universidad de Las Américas, Santiago, Chile
⁷Department of Physical Activity Sciences, Faculty of Education Sciences, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile
⁸Departamento de Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile
⁹Health and Social Research Center, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain
¹⁰Facultad de Educación de Ciudad Real, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
¹¹Higher Institute of Physical Education, Universidad de la República, Maldonado, Uruguay

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@article{godoycumillaf2026effects,
  title = {{Effects of immersive virtual reality-based physical activity interventions on anthropometric variables and physical fitness in university students: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis}},
  author = {Andrés Godoy-Cumillaf and Frano Giakoni-Ramírez and Catalina Muñoz-Strale and Josivaldo de Souza-Lima and Maribel Parra-Saldías and Daniel Duclos-Bastías and Claudio Farías-Valenzuela and Eugenio Merellano-Navarro and José Bruneau-Chávez and Bruno Bizzozero-Peroni},
  journal = {BMJ Open},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2026-123930},
  url = {https://bmjopen.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-123930},
  note = {CC BY-NC 4.0},
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Effects of immersive virtual reality-based physical activity interventions on anthropometric variables and physical fitness in university students: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
AU  - Andrés Godoy-Cumillaf
AU  - Frano Giakoni-Ramírez
AU  - Catalina Muñoz-Strale
AU  - Josivaldo de Souza-Lima
AU  - Maribel Parra-Saldías
AU  - Daniel Duclos-Bastías
AU  - Claudio Farías-Valenzuela
AU  - Eugenio Merellano-Navarro
AU  - José Bruneau-Chávez
AU  - Bruno Bizzozero-Peroni
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/09
JO  - BMJ Open
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-123930
UR  - https://bmjopen.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-123930
SN  - 2044-6055
SN  - 2044-6055
ER  -

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