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. 2018 Jul 3;9:478. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00478

Table 4.

Recommendations for the able-bodied population converted to EE during moderate activity, and to distance to travel for the wheelchair-bound SCI population.

EE Speed REE measured EE measured Extra EE measured Distance Time needed
Recommendation Reference [kcal/task] [km/h] [kcal/day] [kcal/day] [kcal/day] [km] [min]
10,000 steps of able-bodied 50, 51 300 2.0 1,650 3,430 1,780 8.1 243
150 kcal of additional EE 56 150 2.0 1,650 3,430 1,780 4.0 121
200 kcal of additional EE 56 200 2.0 1,650 3,430 1,780 5.4 162
30 min of moderate activity 55 54 3.5 1,644 4,255 2,611 1.8 30
55 61 5.0 1,559 4,502 2,943 2.5 30
60 min of moderate activity 56 109 3.5 1,644 4,255 2,611 3.5 60
56 123 5.0 1,559 4,502 2,943 5.0 60
Recommendations based on this study (following ACSM recommendation) 74 5.0 1,559 4,502 2,943 3.0 36
Additional recommendations based on this study 147 5.0 1,559 4,502 2,943 6.0 72
* 92 3.5 1,644 4,255 2,611 3.0 51
* 111 2.0 1,650 3,430 1,780 3.0 90
*

The activities used for this recommendation cannot always be classified as an activity of moderate intensity. Note that values in bold are calculated or estimated from directly measured or predefined values given in the table.