In recommending physical activity for public health, authors have advocated either an
approach in which the participant is to follow a prescription developed by a professional or …

Background Walking outdoors can be used by many individuals to meet public health
guidelines for moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity. The speed at which adults …

The metabolic equivalent (MET) is a widely used physiological concept that represents a
simple procedure for expressing energy cost of physical activities as multiples of resting …

ABSTRACT MARTIN GINIS, KA, AE LATIMER, AL HICKS, and BC CRAVEN. Development
and Evaluation of an Activity Measure for People with Spinal Cord Injury. Med. Sci. Sports …

Metabolic equivalents, or METs, are routinely employed as a guide to exercise training and
activity prescription and to categorize cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). There are, however …

Purpose a) Compare the predictive potential of speed and CSA (hip)(Computer Science
Applications accelerometer positioned on the hip) for level terrain walking METs (1 MET …

The objective of this study was to determine the exercise intensities of 15 gardening tasks in
older adults using a portable indirect calorimeter. Twenty older Korean adults (16 females …

OBJECTIVE: The metabolic equivalent (MET) is a commonly used method of quantifying the
energy cost and intensity of physical activity. Recent studies have questioned the accuracy …

Background Barth syndrome (BTHS) is a rare X-linked disorder that is characterized by
mitochondrial abnormalities, infantile or childhood onset of cardioskeletal myopathy, and …

This study determined whether four self-paced household tasks, conducted in the subjects'
homes and a standardised laboratory environment, were performed at a moderate intensity …