PMID- 27293496
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240325
IS  - 1939-795X (Print)
IS  - 1939-795X (Electronic)
IS  - 1939-795X (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 1
DP  - 2013
TI  - Oxygen Cost of Performing Selected Adult and Child Care Activities.
PG  - 11-19
AB  - Little is known about the oxygen cost of caring for infants and older adults. 
      Many people perform these activities so it is useful to know the energy cost and 
      if the activities are of sufficient intensity to contribute to meeting physical 
      activity recommendations. The purpose of this study was to assess the oxygen cost 
      of four care-related activities in the Compendium of Physical Activities. 
      Nineteen participants (n = 10 women, n = 9 men; Age = 36.4 +/- 13.6 y; % Fat = 34.1 
      +/- 10.5; BMI = 28.1 +/- 4.5 kg/m(2)) performed four activities: 1) pushing an infant 
      in a stroller, 2) pushing an adult in a wheelchair, 3) carrying an infant, and 4) 
      bathing and dressing an infant. The oxygen cost was assessed using a portable 
      metabolic unit. Activities were performed in random order for 8 minutes. The 
      oxygen cost and heart rates, respectively, for healthy adults during care related 
      activities were 3.09 METs and 90 +/- 8 beats per minute (bpm) for pushing an infant 
      in a stroller, 3.69 METs and 97 +/- 9 bpm for pushing an adult in a wheelchair, 
      2.37 METs and 85 +/- 9 bpm for carrying an infant, and 2.00 METs and 87 +/- 9 bpm for 
      bathing and dressing an infant. Carrying an infant and bathing an infant are 
      light-intensity physical activities and pushing a wheelchair or a stroller are 
      moderate intensity activities. The latter activities are of sufficient intensity 
      to meet health-related physical activity recommendations.
FAU - Meckes, Nathanael
AU  - Meckes N
AD  - Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
FAU - Vezina, Jesse W
AU  - Vezina JW
AD  - Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
FAU - Herrmann, Stephen D
AU  - Herrmann SD
AD  - University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
FAU - Sawyer, Brandon J
AU  - Sawyer BJ
AD  - Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
FAU - Angadi, Siddhartha
AU  - Angadi S
AD  - Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
FAU - Ainsworth, Barbara E
AU  - Ainsworth BE
AD  - Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20130115
PL  - United States
TA  - Int J Exerc Sci
JT  - International journal of exercise science
JID - 101513127
PMC - PMC4882460
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Oxygen consumption
OT  - energy expenditure
EDAT- 2013/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 2013/01/01 00:01
PMCR- 2013/01/15
CRDT- 2016/06/14 06:00
PHST- 2013/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 2016/06/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/01/15 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ijes-6-1-11 [pii]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Exerc Sci. 2013 Jan 15;6(1):11-19. eCollection 2013.