Activity-related energy expenditure in older adults: A call for more research

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2335-2340

  Hall, Katherine S ^a,b   Morey, Miriam C ^a,b   Dutta, Chhanda ^c   Manini, Todd M ^d   Weltman, Arthur L ^e   Nelson, Miriam E ^f   Morgan, Amy L ^g   Senior, Jane G ^h   Seyffarth, Chris ^h   Buchner, David M ⁱ  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h American College of Sports Medicine   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Kilocalories; Met; Oxygen uptake; Physical activity; Resting metabolic rate; Translation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESEARCH; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84916605823     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000356     Document Type: Article

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