Energy Expenditure and Perceived Effort During Brisk Walking and Running in 8- to 10-Year-Old Children
in Pediatric Exercise ScienceClick name to view affiliation
There are no previous reports of energy expenditure and perceived effort during brisk-walking and running at speeds self-selected by young children. Fifty four participants (age 8–11 years old) performed 1500 m of brisk-walking and running in a marked school playground, and were given simple instructions to either ‘walk quickly’ or to ‘jog’. During the running the children achieved higher mean speeds and a greater total energy expenditure (p < .001). However, there was no difference in the perceived effort between the two activities (p > .05). These findings suggest that under certain conditions children find it just as easy to run as they do to walk briskly, even though the speed and energy expenditure is significantly higher.
Ford is with the School of Health and Bioscience, University of East London, Stratford Campus, London, E15 4LZ England, UK. Bailey is with the School of Education, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT England, UK. Coleman, Stretch, Woolf-May, and Swain are with the Dept. of Sport Science, Tourism, and Leisure, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1QU, England, UK. Winter is with the Centre for Sport and Exercise Science, Sheffield Hallam University, Collegiate Campus, Sheffield, S10 2BP England, UK.
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