The metabolic equivalents of one-mile walking by older adults; implications for health promotion

Background: Instructions for older adults regarding the intensity of walking may not elicit an intensity to infer health gains. We recorded the metabolic equivalents (METs) during a 1-mile walk using constant and predicted values of resting MET in older adults to establish walking guidelines for hea...

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Main Authors: Mandy Lucinda Gault, Mark Elisabeth Theodorus Willems
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2017-09-01
Series:Health Promotion Perspectives
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Online Access:http://hpp.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/hpp-7-216.pdf