Metabolic equivalent (MET) inflation - Not the MET we used to know

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 149-150

  Lavie, Carl J ^a   Milani, Richard V ^a  

^a OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BODY WEIGHT; EDITORIAL; ENERGY COST; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CAPACITY; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; METABOLIC RATE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FITNESS; METABOLISM; NOTE;

BASAL METABOLISM; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 34547423835     PISSN: 19327501     EISSN: 1932751X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HCR.0000270692.09258.6a     Document Type: Editorial

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