Association Between Walking Energetics and Fragmented Physical Activity in Mid- to Late-Life | Zendy

Fangyu Liu | Zendy; Amal A. Wanigatunga | Zendy; Pei-Lun Kuo | Zendy; Vadim Zipunnikov | Zendy; Eleanor M. Simonsick | Zendy; Luigi Ferrucci | Zendy; Jennifer A. Schrack | Zendy

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Association Between Walking Energetics and Fragmented Physical Activity in Mid- to Late-Life

Author(s) -

Fangyu Liu,

Amal A. Wanigatunga,

Pei-Lun Kuo,

Vadim Zipunnikov,

Eleanor M. Simonsick,

Luigi Ferrucci,

Jennifer A. Schrack

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

the journals of gerontology series a

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1758-535X

pISSN - 1079-5006

DOI - 10.1093/gerona/glab127

Subject(s) - treadmill , energy expenditure , physical activity , demographics , demography , metabolic equivalent , energy demand , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , economics , natural resource economics , sociology

Physical activity becomes increasingly fragmented with age, which may be an early marker of functional decline. Energetic cost of walking and energy capacity are also linked with functional decline, but their associations with activity fragmentation, and the potential modifying roles of total daily physical activity and age, remains unclear.

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