Walking cadence (steps/min) and intensity in 41 to 60-year-old adults: the CADENCE-adults study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In younger adults (i.e., those < 40 years of age) a walking cadence of 100 steps/min is a consistently supported threshold indicative of absolutely-defined moderate intensity ambulation (i.e., ≥ 3 metabolic equivalents; METs). Less is known about the cadence-intensity relationship in adults of middle-age.

Purpose

To establish heuristic (i.e., evidence-based, practical, rounded) cadence thresholds for absolutely-defined moderate (3 METs) and vigorous (6 METs) intensity in adults 41 to 60 years of age.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, 80 healthy adults of middle-age (10 men and 10 women representing each 5-year age-group between 41 to 60 years; body mass index = 26.0 ± 4.0 kg/m²) walked on a treadmill for 5-min bouts beginning at 0.5 mph and

SUBMITTER: Tudor-Locke C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7654058 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature