Estimation of energy consumed by middle-aged recreational marathoners during a marathon using accelerometry-based devices.

ABSTRACT: As long-distance races have substantially increased in popularity over the last few years, the improvement of training programs has become a matter of concern to runners, coaches and health professionals. Triaxial accelerometers have been proposed as a one of the most accurate tools to evaluate physical activity during free-living conditions. In this study, eighty-eight recreational marathon runners, aged 30-45 years, completed a marathon wearing a GENEActiv accelerometer on their non-dominant wrist. Energy consumed by each runner during the marathon was estimated based on both running speed and accelerometer output data, by applying the previously established GENEActiv cut-points for discriminating the six relative-intensity activity levels. Since accelerometry allowed to perform an indiv

SUBMITTER: Hernando C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6992743 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature