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- Title
Exercise Intensities of Gardening Tasks Within Older Adult Allotment Gardeners in Wales.
- Authors
Hawkins, Jemma L.; Smith, Alexander; Backx, Karianne; Clayton, Deborah A.
- Abstract
Previous research has suggested that gardening activity could be an effective form of regular exercise for improving physical and psychological health in later life. However, there is a lack of data regarding the exercise intensities of various gardening tasks across different types of gardening and different populations. The purpose of this study was to examine the exercise intensity of gardening activity for older adult allotment gardeners in Wales, United Kingdom following a similar procedure used in previous studies conducted in the United States and South Korea by Park and colleagues (2008a; 2011). Oxygen consumption (VO2) and energy expenditure for six gardening tasks were measured via indirect calorimetery using the portable Oxycon mobile device. From these measures, estimated metabolic equivalent units (METs) were calculated. Consistent with Park et al. (2008a; 2011) the six gardening tasks were classified as low to moderate-high intensity physical activities based on their metabolic values (1.9-5.7 METs).
- Subjects
WALES; EXERCISE; ANALYSIS of variance; ENERGY metabolism; HORTICULTURE; PROBABILITY theory; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS; T-test (Statistics); DATA analysis; OXYGEN consumption; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; OLD age
- Publication
Journal of Aging & Physical Activity, 2015, Vol 23, Issue 2, p161
- ISSN
1063-8652
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/japa.23.2.161