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Excess Body Weight and Gait Influence Energy Cost of Walking in Older Adults

PURPOSE: To study how excess body weight influences the energy cost of walking (Cw) and determine if overweight and obese older adults self-select stride frequency to minimize Cw. METHODS: Using body mass index (BMI) men and women between the ages of 65–80 yr were separated into normal weight (NW, B...

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Publicado en:Med Sci Sports Exerc
Main Authors: LaRoche, Dain P., Marques, Nise R., Shumila, Heidi N., Logan, Christopher R., St Laurent, Robyn, Gonçalves, Mauro
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4362814/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25202852
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000000501
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