ArticleJournal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)2018
Cycling efficiency and energy cost of walking in young and older adults.
Article in Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Acceptability and effectiveness of stationary bike intervention on health outcomes among older adults: a systematic review of intervention studies.BMC geriatrics · 2026Pooled it
- The Metabolic Cost of Walking in healthy young and older adults - A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis.Scientific reports · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of 8 Weeks of 2S-Hesperidin Supplementation on Performance in Amateur Cyclists.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Chronic, self-reported fatigue in adult immunotherapy patients and healthy controls: No association with cardiopulmonary exercise testing parameters.Physiological reports · 2026Article
- The energy expenditure and substrate oxidation of treadmill running and cycle ergometer exercise in normal-weight and obese men.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Leg cycling efficiency is unaltered in healthy aging regardless of sex or training status.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2024Article
- Treadmill walking economy is not affected by body fat and body mass index in adults.Physiological reports · 2024Article
- Exercise intolerance with ageing: Major role for vascular dysfunction?Experimental physiology · 2024Article
- The elevated metabolic cost of walking at preferred speeds of healthy elderly on treadmills compared to overground is not related to increased self-reported anxiety.European journal of applied physiology · 2023Article
- Quantifying the benefits of inefficient walking: Monty Python inspired laboratory based experimental study.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2022Article
- Metabolic Flexibility and Mechanical Efficiency in Women Over-60.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Metabolic cost in healthy fit older adults and young adults during overground and treadmill walking.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Article
- Metabolomic profiling of anaerobic and aerobic energy metabolic pathways in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2021Article
- Considerations for the development of extreme heat policies in sport and exercise.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2020Review
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Abstract
To determine whether age affects cycling efficiency and the energy cost of walking (Cw), 190 healthy adults, ages 18-81 yr, cycled on an ergometer at 50 W and walked on a treadmill at 1.34 m/s. Ventilation and gas exchange at rest and during exercise were used to calculate net Cw and net efficiency of cycling. Compared with the 18-40 yr age group (2.17 ± 0.33 J·kg
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