By narrowing roadways and increasing the width of sidewalks, they can encourage more walking, higher population density as well as slow down vehicle traffic and generally make their streets more friendly to multiple types of users.
We found that Latinas walked more frequently than non-Latinas in our unadjusted analysis, which may reflect increased active transportation and occupational walking in Latinas (36), in addition to the negative association of acculturation with walking in this population (37).
"It must have been really strange for the local population walking along the road to see young men sitting in fuselages doing simulations of a bomb run or observation with instructions being shouted at them".
52 The authors, however, did not describe the detailed functional recovery of walking in this population.
A data extraction sheet was developed by both authors to summarise the study, the population, walking group characteristics, the intervention (volume and intensity), adherence and outcomes.
In this subgroup of the population, walking is often the preferred leisure time activity [ 4] and structured group activity sessions may hold limited appeal for older adults [ 23].
48 50 53 66 To the best of our knowledge, no RCTs have measured the effects of resistance training on lower limb skeletal muscle properties and in vivo muscle function under controlled movements and during walking in this population.
Consequently, many studies focus on relatively low-resolution locomotor assays such as monitoring the average speed of a population, walking trajectories, or the ability to fulfill simple motor tasks such as climbing a vertical surface (Ganetzky and Flanagan, 1978; Branson et al., 2009; Slawson et al., 2009; Robie et al., 2010).
Based on the previously reviewed evidence of the benefits of exercise as part of rehabilitation programs and recognizing the multiple barriers to participation in exercise programs faced by older patients, we designed the current pedometer-based, Internet-mediated intervention to promote walking in this population.
"It is probably only 5% of the dog-walking population that is causing the problem but you have got to get to them," Councillor Austin said.
Given the economic feasibility and acceptability of walking in sedentary populations, a prescription of daily steps may prove to be an effective and accepted therapeutic intervention for improving control of cardiovascular risk factors such as blood pressure.
