Can older adults improve the identification of moderate intensity using walking cadence?
| Autor: | C. M. Craig, Danielle R. Bouchard, Andrea Mayo, Martin Sénéchal, Jana Slaght, A. G. McLellan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Aging medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject Physical fitness Physical activity 03 medical and health sciences Random Allocation 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation Perception Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Exercise media_common Aged Geriatrics gerontology business.industry 030229 sport sciences Intensity (physics) Exercise Therapy Walking Speed Identification (information) Case-Control Studies Exercise intensity Physical therapy Female Geriatrics and Gerontology business Cadence |
| Zdroj: | Aging clinical and experimental research. 30(1) |
| ISSN: | 1720-8319 |
| Popis: | The majority of older adults do not reach the physical activity guidelines. One possible explanation for this may be that older adults overestimate their physical activity levels, because they are unable to identify exercise intensity.Forty-four older adults were recruited and randomly assigned into two walking groups lasting 6 weeks. The intervention group was asked to walk a minimum of 150 min per week at moderate intensity using walking cadence indicated with a pedometer. The control group did not get any feedback on walking intensity.The ability to identify moderate intensity while walking did not significantly improve in neither groups (p = 0.530). However, participants in the intervention group increased significantly the time spent at moderate intensity, in 10 min bouts (p 0.01).A pedometer providing walking cadence to reach moderate intensity is a good tool for increasing time walked at the recommended intensity, but not because participants know more what is considered moderate intensity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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