Older Adult Compendium of Physical Activities: Energy costs of human activities in adults aged 60 and older.

Scott A Conger, Stephen D Herrmann, Tiago V Barreira, John M Schuna, Barbara E Ainsworth, Minghui Quan, Mary Hastert, Erik A Willis, Chelsea L Kracht, Wendy J Brown, Zhenghua Cai

Journal: Journal of sport and health science 2024;13(1):13-17

PMID: 38242593

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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.

Address: Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].; Kansas Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA; Division of Physical Activity and Weight Management, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.; Clinical Science Division, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA.; Exercise Science Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA.; School of Exercise & Sport Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.; School of Exercise and Health, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.; Department of Kinesiology, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA.; School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia; Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD 4229, Australia.; School of Exercise and Health, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China; College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ 85003, USA.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jshs.2023.10.007

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MeSH Terms: Humans, Middle Aged, Aged, Exercise, Sports, Energy Metabolism, Physical Examination