ArticleEuropean review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity2024
Metabolic equivalents intensity thresholds for physical activity classification in older adults.
Article in European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05619250 (Efficacy and Cost-effectiveness of Supervised Center-based Versus Unsupervised Home-based Training Programs in Older Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.
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Efficacy and Cost-effectiveness of Supervised Center-based Versus Unsupervised Home-based Training Programs in Older Adults: the PRO-Training Randomized Controlled Trial
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2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Moderate and Vigorous Physical Activity Intensity Cut-Points for Hip-, Wrist-, Thigh-, and Lower Back Worn Accelerometer in Very Old Adults.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Observational
- The Reliability and Validity of Consistently Assess Signs and Symptoms of Heart Failure (CLASS-HF) Guide.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough the metabolic equivalents (METs) system is a common procedure to quantify the intensity of physical activity in older adults, it remains unclear whether the conventional METs intensity thresholds (CTs) used for this purpose are appropriate in this population. Therefore, this study aimed (i) to derive overall and fitness-specific METs intensity thresholds in older adults ≥ 60 years old (OATs) expressed both in standard METs (VO
methodsA total of 93 subjects were assessed for cardiorespiratory fitness. Graded exercise test protocols using indirect calorimetry were performed to calculate individual VO
resultsSignificantly higher VO
conclusionsNone of the derived OATs were concurrently similar to the CTs, suggesting that fitness-specific METs intensity thresholds adapted to the METs derivation approach should be used in older adults.
trial registrationFenotipAGING (Non-health-care intervention study), PRO-Training (NCT05619250).
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