Resting VO2, maximal VO2 and metabolic equivalents in free-living healthy elderly women

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-88

  Sergi, Giuseppe ^a   Coin, Alessandra ^a   Sarti, Silvia ^a   Perissinotto, Egle ^a   Peloso, Marina ^a   Mulone, Silvana ^a   Trolese, Manola ^a   Inelmen, Emine Meral ^a   Enzi, Giuliano ^a   Manzato, Enzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Exercise; Indirect calorimetry; METs; Resting VO2; VO2 max

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REST; TREADMILL EXERCISE; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; EXERCISE TEST; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 76049090389     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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