Table Tennis for Health and Wellbeing: A Rapid Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Table tennis has increasingly been adopted as a tool to promote physical and mental health, yet evidence on its outcomes and implementation remains scattered. This study conducted a rapid scoping review to summarise available research on the health outcomes of table tennis within recreational or non-elite settings and identify how table tennis-for-health activities are structured and delivered. Peer-reviewed articles in English were included when they focused the outcomes of table tennis participation on health in community or social settings. Searches across two multidisciplinary databases, complemented by reference screening, led to 17 studies published between 2010 and 2025 being included. Studies were then charted for their methodological, intervention and outcome characteristics. Most

SUBMITTER: Moustakas L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12944479 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature