ArticleCurrent cardiovascular risk reports2010
Steps to Better Cardiovascular Health: How Many Steps Does It Take to Achieve Good Health and How Confident Are We in This Number?
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- Accurate Step Count with Generalized and Personalized Deep Learning on Accelerometer Data.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Associations between daily steps and cognitive function among inpatients with schizophrenia.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
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- Neuromuscular Control and Performance Differences Associated With Gender and Obesity in Fatiguing Tasks Performed by Older Adults.Frontiers in physiology · 2018Article
- Physiological correlates to spontaneous physical activity variability in obese patients with already treated sleep apnea syndrome.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2017Article
- Comparison of wrist-worn Fitbit Flex and waist-worn ActiGraph for measuring steps in free-living adults.PloS one · 2017Article
- Understanding walking activity in multiple sclerosis: step count, walking intensity and uninterrupted walking activity duration related to degree of disability.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2016Article
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Abstract
Pedometers and other types of step-counting devices are growing in popularity with both researchers and practitioners. The focus of this article is on describing the most recent pedometer-related advances in terms of cardiovascular health. The emergent body of evidence suggests that pedometer-determined physical activity is related to a number of cardiovascular health outcomes and that intervention participants can realize modest changes in body mass index and blood pressure. Taking into consideration individual baseline values, tailored messages congruent with public health recommendations should promote incremental increases in steps/day on the order of an extra 3,000 to 4,000 (approximately 30 min) of at least moderate intensity and taken in at least 10-minute bouts. Additional health benefits accrue with greater increases. Of course, even more benefits are possible from engaging in vigorous physical activity, but this seems less appealing for most people. Pedometer-based guidelines are not intended to supplant existing public health recommendations, but rather supplement them.
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