Walking cadence (steps/min) and intensity in 41 to 60-year-old adults: the CADENCE-adults study

• Main Authors: Catrine Tudor-Locke (Author), Scott W. Ducharme (Author), Elroy J. Aguiar (Author), John M. Schuna (Author), Tiago V. Barreira (Author), Christopher C. Moore (Author), Colleen J. Chase (Author), Zachary R. Gould (Author), Marcos A. Amalbert-Birriel (Author), Jose Mora-Gonzalez (Author), Stuart R. Chipkin (Author), John Staudenmayer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In younger adults (i.e., those < 40 years of age) a walking cadence of 100 steps/min is a consistently supported threshold indicative of absolutely-defined moderate intensity ambulation (i.e., ≥ 3 metabolic equivalents; METs). Less is known about the cadence-intensity relation...