Starting Average Daily Step Count (SAM data) | Goal for Next 2wk | 24% Step Increase During Training (3x/wk) | Extra Minutes of Walking or Biking (100 steps/min) Per Tx Session | Average Step Per Day Per Week Given 3d Train 4d Regular |
---|---|---|---|---|
3000 | 3300 | 720 | 7 | 3309 |
3309 | 3639 | 794 | 8 | 3649 |
3649 | 4014 | 876 | 9 | 4024 |
4024 | 4427 | 966 | 10 | 4438 |
4438 | 4882 | 1065 | 11 | 4895 |
4895 | 5384 | 1175 | 12 | 5398 |
5398 | 5938 | 1296 | 13 | 5953 |
5953 | 6549 | 1429 | 14 | 6566* |
6566 | 7222 | 1576 | 16 | 7241 |
7241 | 7965 | 1738 | 17 | 7986 |
7986 | 8784 | 1917 | 19 | 8807 |
8807 | 9688 | 2114 | 21 | 9713 |
9713 | 10,684 | 2331 | 23 | 10,712 |
10,712 | 11,783 | 2571 | 26 | 11,814 |
11,814 | 12,995 | 2835 | 28 | 13,029 |
13,029 | 14,332 | 3127 | 31 | 14,369 |
14,369 | 15,806 | 3449 | 34 | 15,847 |
15,847 | 17,432 | 3803 | 38 | 17,477 |
17,477 | 19,225 | 4194 | 42 | 19,275 |
19,275 | 21,202 | 4626 | 46 | 21,257 |
21,257 | 23,383 | 5102 | 51 | 23,444 |
23,444 | 25,788 | 5626 | 56 | 25,855 |
Abbreviations: SAM, Step Activity Monitor; Tx, treatment.
Example: a subject in the WB exercise program would start with an average daily walking duration of 5900 steps per day and increase 10% to 6565 average steps per day at 2 weeks by walking an additional 14 minutes at about 100 steps per minute each of the 3 exercise days. Subjects would walk the prescribed amount on the 3 exercise days. On off days, they would walk their regular self-selected amount, but their step count would be carefully monitored using the SAM. After 3 months, this subject potentially could walk 10,700 steps per day.
A subject with a beginning average step rate of 5900 steps per day in the NWB exercise program would be assigned a beginning stationary bike duration of 14 minutes and increase every 2 weeks by the time previously indicated. After 3 months, the subject would exercise on the stationary bicycle for 23 minutes, a comparable time with that of the subject walking in the WB exercise program.