Neu, Marie Astrid
Dreismickenbecker, Elias
Lanfranconi, Francesca
Stössel, Sandra
Balduzzi, Adriana
Wright, Peter
Windsor, Stan
Wiskemann, Joachim
El-Rajab, Inaam
Lucia, Alejandro
Fiuza-Luces, Carmen
Mongondry, Rodolf
Fridh, Martin Kaj
Spreafico, Filippo
Konda, Barbara
Kitanovski, Lidija
Heißerer, Barbara
Polak, Marco
Baader, Tobias
Bloch, Wilhelm
Götte, Miriam
,
Rizvi, Katie
,
Ruckes, Christian
Paul, Norbert W.
Faber, Joerg
,
Schwalber, Ameli
Pérol, Olivia
Larsen, Hanne Bækgaard
Moriggi, Tommaso Pietro
Zardo, William
Bertrand, Amandine
Wypyrsczyk, Lena
Kühn, Mareike
Robinson, Abigale
Diel, Heidi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Article History
Received: 28 May 2025
Accepted: 10 June 2025
First Online: 7 August 2025
Declarations
:
: The FORTEe study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Rhineland-Palatinate Chamber of Physicians (application number 2021–15904) on August 4, 2021, with additional approvals from local ethics committees where applicable. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants (or their legal guardians for minors), with documented assent collected from children aged six years and above where possible.
: Not applicable.
: Author M. Polak is affiliated with Nurogames GmbH, which developed and provided the"FORTEe– Get strong"mobile app in the intervention. Author T. Baader is affiliated with Pixformance Sports GmbH, which developed and provided the digital training device (the Pixformance station) used in the intervention. Authors from these companies are not intended to be involved in the data analysis and interpretation mentioned above. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.