How many steps/day are enough? For older adults and special populations
Pennington Biomedical Research Center · Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute · +16 more institutions
Abstract
Older adults and special populations (living with disability and/or chronic illness that may limit mobility and/or physical endurance) can benefit from practicing a more physically active lifestyle, typically by increasing ambulatory activity. Step counting devices (accelerometers and pedometers) offer an opportunity to monitor daily ambulatory activity; however, an appropriate translation of public health guidelines in terms of steps/day is unknown. Therefore this review was conducted to translate public health recommendations in terms of steps/day. Normative data indicates that 1) healthy older adults average 2,000-9,000 steps/day, and 2) special populations average 1,200-8,800 steps/day. Pedometer-based…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 22.14
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 123
Authors
17- CTCatrine Tudor‐LockeCorresponding
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
- CLCora L. Craig
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, University of Sydney
- YAYukitoshi Aoyagi
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology
- RCRhonda C. Bell
University of Alberta
- KAKaren A. Croteau
University of Southern Maine
Topics & keywords
- Pedometer
- Cadence
- Gerontology
- Medicine
- Ambulatory
- Public health
- Activities of daily living
- Psychological intervention
- Good health and well-being
Funding
- UOUniversity of South Carolina
- PHPublic Health Agency of Canada
- UKUnited Kingdom Clinical Research Collaboration
- UOUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville
- UOUniversity of Tasmania
- PHPublic Health Agency
- QUQueen's University
- MIMenzies Institute for Medical Research
- ASArnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina