Do mechanical gait parameters explain the higher metabolic cost of walking in obese adolescents?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1763-1770

  Peyrot, Nicolas ^a,c   Thivel, David ^b   Isacco, Laurie ^b   Morin, Jean Benoît ^a   Duche, Pascale ^b   Belli, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c SERVICE DE NEUROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Energy cost; Mechanical work; Mediolateral displacement; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY COST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VELOCITY; WALKING; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; WALKING;

EID: 66749095540     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.91240.2008     Document Type: Article

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