Excess body weight and gait influence energy cost of walking in older adults

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1017-1025

  Laroche, Dain P ^a   Marques, Nise R ^b   Shumila, Heidi N ^a   Logan, Christopher R ^a   Laurent, Robyn St ^a   Goncąlves, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Aging; Cadence; Efficiency; Mobility; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; WALKING;

EID: 84928151993     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000501     Document Type: Article

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