Classifying the non-metabolic demands of different physical activity types: The Physical Activity Demand (PAD) typology.

ABSTRACT: Different physical activity types vary in metabolic demand (intensity), but also in non-metabolic physical demand (balance, co-ordination, speed and flexibility), cognitive demand (attention, memory and decision making), and social demand (social interaction). Activity types with different combinations of demands may have different effects on health outcomes but this cannot be formally tested until such demands can be reliably quantified. The present Delphi expert consensus study aimed to objectively quantify the cognitive, physical and social demands of different core physical activity types and use these scores to create a formal Physical Activity Demand (PAD) typology. International experts (n = 40; experts in cognitive science, psychology, sports science and physiology; 7 different nat

SUBMITTER: Roberts C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10586621 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature