Predicting metabolic rate across walking speed: One fit for all body sizes?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1332-1342

  Weyand, Peter G ^a   Smith, Bethany R ^b   Schultz, Nicole S ^a   Ludlow, Lindsay W ^a   Puyau, Maurice R ^c   Butte, Nancy F ^c  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Biomechanics; Energy expenditure; Gait; Generalized equation; Height; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAIT; GENERALIZED EQUATION; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WALKING; WEIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

ALGORITHM; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GAIT; GENERALIZED EQUATION; HEIGHT; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887119025     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01333.2012     Document Type: Article

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