Determining exercise intensities of gardening tasks as a physical activity using metabolic equivalents in older adults

HortScience

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1706-1710

  Park, Sin Ae ^a   Lee, Kwan Suk ^b   Son, Ki Cheol ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cosmed K4b2; Energy expenditure; Horticultural therapy; Human issues in horticulture; Metabolic cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255189489     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.46.12.1706     Document Type: Article

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