Gardening tasks performed by adults are moderate- to high-intensity physical activities

HortTechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-63

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

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Horticultural therapy; Metabolic equivalents; Socio horticulture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894067588     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.24.1.58     Document Type: Article

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