ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2011
Metabolic cost of daily activities and effect of mobility impairment in older adults.
Article in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05482711 (Assessment of Fuel Utilization and Circadian Rhythms in Overweight, Older Adults Following Time Restricted Eating - Phase 2), which is not on this map. Cited by 45 papers.
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Assessment of Fuel Utilization and Circadian Rhythms in Overweight, Older Adults Following Time Restricted Eating - Phase 2 (FAR Phase 2)
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 93 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Are Machine Learning Models on Wrist Accelerometry Robust against Differences in Physical Performance among Older Adults?Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- Sensing leg movement enhances wearable monitoring of energy expenditure.Nature communications · 2021Article
- Age Differences in Estimating Physical Activity by Wrist Accelerometry Using Machine Learning.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo compare metabolic equivalent (MET) values of common daily tasks in men and women aged 70 and older with normative criteria and to determine the effect of having mobility impairments.
designCross-sectional observational study.
settingUniversity-based research clinic.
participantsForty-five participants aged 70 to 90 (mean 76.3 ± 5.1) volunteered to complete 17 daily activities, each lasting 10 minutes. MEASUREMENTS: Oxygen consumption (VO(2) = mL/kg per minute) was measured through a mask using a portable gas analyzer, and MET values were calculated as measured VO(2) /3.5 mL/kg per minute. Values were compared with normative values and between participants with and without mobility impairments.
resultsMeasured METs were different from the established normative criteria in 14 of 17 tasks performed. Normative values underestimated walking leisurely (0.87 ± 0.12 METs) walking briskly (0.87 ± 0.12 METs), and making beds (1.07 ± 0.10 METs) but overestimated gardening (1.46 ± 0.12 METs) and climbing stairs (0.73 ± 0.18). Participants with impairments had significantly lower METs while gardening, vacuuming or sweeping, stair climbing, and walking briskly, although when METs were adjusted for performance speed, the metabolic costs were 16% to 27% higher for those with mobility impairments.
conclusionMetabolic costs of daily activities are substantially different from normative values in older adults, and having mobility impairments increases this metabolic cost. These results may have implications for practitioners to appropriately prescribe daily physical activities for healthy and mobility-impaired older adults.
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