"Walking" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An activity in which the body advances at a slow to moderate pace by moving the feet in a coordinated fashion. This includes recreational walking, walking for fitness, and competitive race-walking.
| Descriptor ID |
D016138
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G11.427.410.568.900 G11.427.410.698.277.937 I03.350.937 I03.450.642.845.940
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Walking" by people in Profiles.
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Let's get physical: A prospective pedometer study of doctors working in a South African emergency department. S Afr Med J. 2020 Oct 28; 110(11):1124-1127.
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Longitudinal patterns of physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep in urban South African adolescents, Birth-To-Twenty Plus cohort. BMC Pediatr. 2019 07 18; 19(1):241.
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Are South African Mothers Moving? Patterns and Correlates of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Pregnant Black South African Women. J Phys Act Health. 2017 05; 14(5):329-335.
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Effects of an education and home-based pedometer walking program on ischemic heart disease risk factors in people infected with HIV: a randomized trial. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014 Nov 01; 67(3):268-76.
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Patterns, levels and correlates of self-reported physical activity in urban black Soweto women. BMC Public Health. 2014 Sep 08; 14:934.
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Maternal positions and mobility during first stage labour. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Oct 09; (10):CD003934.
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Maternal positions and mobility during first stage labour. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Aug 20; (8):CD003934.
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Maternal positions and mobility during first stage labour. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Apr 15; (2):CD003934.
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Bone mineral density and lifetime physical activity in South African women. Calcif Tissue Int. 2003 Nov; 73(5):463-9.