Older Adult Compendium of Physical Activities: Energy Costs of Human Activities in Adults Aged 60 and Older

Overview

Journal J Sport Health Sci

Date 2024 Jan 19

PMID 38242593

Authors

Erik A Willis

Stephen D Herrmann

Mary Hastert

Chelsea L Kracht

Tiago V Barreira

John M Schuna Jr

Zhenghua Cai

Minghui Quan

Scott A Conger

Wendy J Brown

Barbara E Ainsworth

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Abstract

Purpose: To describe the development of a Compendium for estimating the energy costs of activities in adults ≥60 years (OA Compendium).

Methods: Physical activities (PAs) and their metabolic equivalent of task (MET) values were obtained from a systematic search of studies published in 4 sport and exercise databases (PubMed, Embase, SPORTDiscus (EBSCOhost), and Scopus) and a review of articles included in the 2011 Adult Compendium that measured PA in older adults. MET values were computed as the oxygen cost (VO, mL/kg/min) during PA divided by 2.7 mL/kg/min (MET) to account for the lower resting metabolic rate in older adults.

Results: We identified 68 articles and extracted energy expenditure data on 427 PAs. From these, we derived 99 unique Specific Activity codes with corresponding MET values for older adults. We developed a website to present the OA Compendium MET values: https://pacompendium.com.

Conclusion: The OA Compendium uses data collected from adults ≥60 years for more accurate estimation of the energy cost of PAs in older adults. It is an accessible resource that will allow researchers, educators, and practitioners to find MET values for older adults for use in PA research and practice.

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