Metabolic cost, mechanical work, and efficiency during normal walking in obese and normal-weight children

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 84, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2013, Pages

  Huang, Liang ^a,b   Chen, Peijie ^b   Zhuang, Jie ^b   Zhang, Yanxin ^a   Walt, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF SPORT   (China)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Gait; Mechanical efficiency; Metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CALORIMETRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FITNESS; GAIT; HUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

BASAL METABOLISM; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; CHILD; ENERGY METABOLISM; GAIT; HUMANS; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; WALKING;

EID: 84896931892     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2013.849159     Document Type: Article

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