{"doi":"10.1111/sms.14274","title":"Cadence‐based classification of moderate‐intensity overground walking in 41‐ to 85‐year‐old adults","abstract":"BACKGROUND: Walking cadence (steps/min) has emerged as a valid proxy of physical activity intensity, with consensus across numerous laboratory-based treadmill studies that ≥100 steps/min approximates absolutely defined moderate intensity (≥3 metabolic equivalents; METs). We recently reported that this cadence threshold had a classification accuracy of 73.3% for identifying moderate intensity during preferred pace overground walking in young adults. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the performance of a cadence threshold of ≥100 steps/min for correctly classifying moderate intensity during overground walking in middle- and older-aged adults. METHODS: Participants (N = 174, 48.3% female, 41-85 years of age) completed laboratory-based cross-sectional study involving an indoor 5-min overground walking trial at their preferred pace. Steps were manually counted and converted to cadence (total steps/5 min). Intensity was measured using indirect calorimetry and expressed as METs. Classification accuracy (sensitivity, specificity, accuracy) of a cadence threshold of ≥100 steps/min to identify individuals walking at ≥3 METs was calculated. RESULTS: The ≥100 steps/min threshold demonstrated accuracy of 74.7% for classifying moderate intensity. When comparing middle- vs. older-aged adults, similar accuracy (73.4% vs. 75.8%, respectively) and specificity (33.3% vs. 34.5%) were observed. Sensitivity was high, but was lower for middle- vs. older-aged adults (85.2% vs. 93.9%, respectively). CONCLUSION: A cadence threshold of ≥100 steps/min accurately identified moderate-intensity overground walking. Furthermore, accuracy was similar when comparing middle- and older-aged adults. These findings extend our previous analysis in younger adults and confirm the appropriateness of applying this cadence threshold across the adult lifespan.","journal":"Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports","year":2022,"id":277249,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":8,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9607,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2022-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":703545,"name":"José Mora-González","orcid":"0000-0003-2346-8776","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":320958,"name":"Scott W. Ducharme","orcid":"0000-0001-6810-1391","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":320955,"name":"Christopher C. Moore","orcid":"0000-0001-6027-1732","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":704238,"name":"Zachary R. Gould","orcid":null,"position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":703542,"name":"Colleen J. Chase","orcid":"0000-0001-7098-9844","position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":703543,"name":"Marcos A. Amalbert‐Birriel","orcid":"0000-0003-3455-8419","position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":703544,"name":"Stuart R. Chipkin","orcid":"0000-0003-2114-9480","position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":428580,"name":"John Staudenmayer","orcid":"0000-0002-9589-5729","position":8,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":948295,"name":"Peixuan Zheng","orcid":"0000-0002-0781-4459","position":9,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":274799,"name":"Catrine Tudor‐Locke","orcid":"0000-0003-4342-5909","position":10,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":320957,"name":"Elroy J. Aguiar","orcid":"0000-0003-4763-0491","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":38,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T00:28:34.768552Z","pmid":"36403207","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}