Walking cadence (steps/min) and intensity in 41 to 60-year-old adults: the CADENCE-adults study.
Catrine Tudor-LockeScott W DucharmeElroy J AguiarJohn M SchunaTiago V BarreiraChristopher C MooreColleen J ChaseZachary R GouldMarcos A Amalbert-BirrielJose Mora-GonzalezStuart R ChipkinJohn StaudenmayerPublished in: The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity (2020)
Consistent with our previous report in 21 to 40-year-old adults, cadence thresholds of 100 and 130 steps/min emerged as heuristic values associated with 3 and 6 METs, respectively, in 41 to 60-year-old adults. These values were selected based on their utility for public health messaging and on the trade-offs in classification accuracy parameters from both statistical methods. Findings will need to be confirmed in older adults and in free-living settings.