Why does walking economy improve after weight loss in obese adolescents?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 659-665

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b CLERMONT AUVERGNE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

energy expenditure; gait balance; metabolic rate; Obesity; three compartment model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHILD; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; WALKING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84858706397     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318236edd8     Document Type: Article

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