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| Brisk walking speed in older adults who walk for exercise | | Author(s) | Carol Parise, Barbara Sternfeld, Steven Samuels |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 52, no 3, March 2004 |
| Pages | pp 411-416 |
| Source | http://www.americangeriatrics.org http://www.blackwellpublishing.com |
| Keywords | Exercise ; Mobility ; Performance ; Rate ; Measurement ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 212 participants aged 55+ from the Study of Physical Performance and Age-Related Changes in Sonomans (SPPARCS), a population-based longitudinal study in Sonoma, California, stated in a detailed home interview that they walked briskly for exercise. Observed brisk walking speed was measured as the time it took participants to walk half a mile at "normal brisk walking speed". Self-reported physical activity was categorised as metabolic equivalent of the task (MET) in minutes of exercise reported in the previous 7 days. Men walked at an average speed ± standard deviation of 5.72 ±0.69 km/h, and women walked at an average speed of 5.54 ±0.64km/h. Self-reported physical activity was not associated with brisk walking speed when adjusted for age and ratio of lean to fat mass. The study found that those older people who report that they walk briskly for exercise do so at a pace considered moderate or greater in absolute intensity as indicated by their walking speed (4.83 km/h). 93 out of 95 men and 113 out of 117 women had an observed walking speed equivalent to 3 or more METs based on their calculated walking speed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040603210 A |
| Classmark | CEA: C4: 5H: 4H: 3R: 7T |
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