Open AccessRelationship between level of daily activity and upper-body aerobic capacity in adults with a lower limb amputation
Author(s) -
Mirjam Mellema,
Peyman Mirtaheri,
Terje Gjøvaag
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
prosthetics and orthotics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1746-1553
pISSN - 0309-3646
DOI - 10.1097/pxr.0000000000000024
Subject(s) - cardiorespiratory fitness , intensity (physics) , aerobic capacity , physical activity , exercise intensity , physical therapy , vo2 max , medicine , activity monitor , sedentary lifestyle , physical medicine and rehabilitation , heart rate , blood pressure , physics , quantum mechanics
Previous studies show that people with lower limb amputation (LLA) have a sedentary lifestyle, reduced walking capacity, and low cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2peak). There is, however, no knowledge on the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and objectively measured level of physical activity in daily life.