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Journal articles on the topic "Walking – Health aspects"
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Boonstra, A. M., V. Fidler, and W. H. Eisma. "Walking speed of normal subjects and amputees: Aspects of validity of gait analysis." Prosthetics and Orthotics International 17, no. 2 (August 1993): 78–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/03093649309164360.
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This study investigated some aspects of the validity of walking speed recording in 15 normal subjects, 16 trans-femoral amputees and 8 knee disarticulation amputees. The variability and test-retest reliability of walking speed and the influence of simultaneous recording of EMG and goniometry on comfortable and fast walking speeds were studied. The variability between sessions was mainly determined by the variance within each session. The variance of speed within sessions while walking with fast speed, was higher when walking without equipment than when walking with equipment. The variances of speed within sessions of the normal subjects were higher than those for both amputee groups. The test-retest reliability, expressed by the intra-class correlation coefficient, was good: between 0.83 and 0.98. The speed when walking without equipment was significantly higher both in normal subjects and amputees than the speed when.walking with equipment.
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Barashkov, G. N., V. N. Sergeev, and N. S. Karamnova. "Terrencures and physical training by walking: rehabilitation — preventive aspects." Profilakticheskaya meditsina 24, no. 5 (2021): 87. http://dx.doi.org/10.17116/profmed20212405187.
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Akiyama, Junko, and Mitsuaki Ohta. "Hormonal and Neurological Aspects of Dog Walking for Dog Owners and Pet Dogs." Animals 11, no. 9 (September 18, 2021): 2732. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11092732.
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The hormone oxytocin is involved in various aspects of the relationship between humans and animals. Dog walking is a common activity for dog owners and their dogs. The walk, of course, should be good for the health of the dog as well as its owner. In Experiment I, we assessed whether salivary oxytocin and cortisol in dog owners changed because of walking their dogs. Ten owners walked with their dogs and walked alone. Similar to other previous research, walking with a dog did not significantly change oxytocin and cortisol. Therefore, in Experiment II, we investigated the effect of dog walking on brain noradrenergic and GABAergic neural activity, as indicated by salivary MHPG and GABA, in 14 dog owners. Walking with a dog reduced salivary MHPG compared to walking alone, and MHPG was correlated negatively with GABA. Thus, dog walking activated GABAergic nerves in the brain and suppressed noradrenergic nerves, effectively relieving stress.
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Paydar, Mohammad, Asal Fard, and Marzieh Khaghani. "Pedestrian Walkways for Health in Shiraz, Iran, the Contribution of Attitudes, and Perceived Environmental Attributes." Sustainability 12, no. 18 (September 4, 2020): 7263. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12187263.
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Walking is important for improving physical activity and public health. The pedestrian walkways called Walkways for Health in Shiraz, Iran, present a high standard of aesthetic and design features which attract many people for the purpose of recreation. In addition, a significant percentage of Iranians suffer from mental disorders. The contribution of aesthetic and design features toward walking for recreation as well as mental health has been demonstrated in previous studies, which have focused on either one or the other of these aspects. This interdisciplinary research study aims to evaluate both of these aspects simultaneously. A quantitative approach including a survey questionnaire and multiple regression analysis was used to examine the objectives. The contributions of walking attitudes and several perceived environmental attributes to the attractiveness for walking and to general/mental health were determined, which suggested the need for new arrangements of the visual sequences and social setting along these walkways. In addition, the observation that younger people suffer are more affected by mental health disorders was one of the most challenging findings. The policy makers of this city could apply the findings of this study to these pedestrian walkways in order to improve the attractiveness for walking as well as general and mental health.
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Paydar, Mohammad, and Asal Kamani Fard. "The Hierarchy of Walking Needs and the COVID-19 Pandemic." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 14 (July 13, 2021): 7461. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147461.
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More than 150 cities around the world have expanded emergency cycling and walking infrastructure to increase their resilience in the face of the COVID 19 pandemic. This tendency toward walking has led it to becoming the predominant daily mode of transport that also contributes to significant changes in the relationships between the hierarchy of walking needs and walking behaviour. These changes need to be addressed in order to increase the resilience of walking environments in the face of such a pandemic. This study was designed as a theoretical and empirical literature review seeking to improve the walking behaviour in relation to the hierarchy of walking needs within the current context of COVID-19. Accordingly, the interrelationship between the main aspects relating to walking-in the context of the pandemic- and the different levels in the hierarchy of walking needs were discussed. Results are presented in five sections of “density, crowding and stress during walking”, “sense of comfort/discomfort and stress in regard to crowded spaces during walking experiences”, “crowded spaces as insecure public spaces and the contribution of the type of urban configuration”, “role of motivational/restorative factors during walking trips to reduce the overload of stress and improve mental health”, and “urban design interventions on arrangement of visual sequences during walking”.
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Serpell, James. "Beneficial Effects of Pet Ownership on Some Aspects of Human Health and Behaviour." Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 84, no. 12 (December 1991): 717–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/014107689108401208.
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A 10-month prospective study was carried out which examined changes in behaviour and health status in 71 adult subjects following the acquisition of a new pet (either dogs or cats). A group of 26 subjects without pets served as a comparison over the same period. Both pet-owning groups reported a highly significant reduction in minor health problems during the first month following pet acquisition, and this effect was sustained in dog owners through to 10 months. The pet-acquiring groups also showed improvements in their scores on the 30-item General Health Questionnaire over the first 6 months and, in dog owners, this improvement was maintained until 10 months. In addition, dog owners took considerably more physical exercise while walking their dogs than the other two groups, and this effect continued throughout the period of study. The group without pets exhibited no statistically significant changes in health or behaviour, apart from a small increase in recreational walking. The results provide evidence that pet acquisition may have positive effects on human health and behaviour, and that in some cases these effects are relatively long term.
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Haehl, Anne L., Cynthia B. Cohen, David A. Scott, and Sondra E. Wheeler. "Walking a Fine Line." Hastings Center Report 32, no. 1 (January 2002): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3528285.
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Silva, Franciele Cascaes da, Beatriz Angélica Valdivia Arancibia, Elizandra Gonçalves Ferreira, Ricardo Moreno Lima, Paulo José Barbosa Gutierres Filho, and Rudney Da Silva. "Effects of swimming and walking on aspects related to the health of police officers." Revista Brasileira de Educação Física e Esporte 31, no. 2 (June 27, 2018): 333. http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/1807-5509201700020333.
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O presente estudo teve como objetivo comparar os efeitos da natação e caminhada após 24 semanas de treinamento sobre os indicadores antropométricos de obesidade, atividade física, risco coronariano e com qualidade de vida relacionada á saúde entre os policiais militares do estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil. A amostra incluiu 51 policiais militares (sexo masculino) que tinham média de idade de 35,53 ± 7,63 anos, com amplitude de 22 a 49 anos, e que preencheram os critérios de inclusão do estudo realizado entre os meses de junho-dezembro de 2012. Os sujeitos foram entrevistados e coletados os dados demográficos e ocupacionais, antropometria, nível de atividade física e saúde. Os voluntários foram divididos em três grupos de acordo com a sua preferência: Grupo Experimental de Natação (n = 24); Grupo Experimental de Caminhada (n = 24); e Grupo Controle (n = 24). As análises estatísticas foram realizadas utilizando análise descritiva e Anova One-Way e Anova Two-Way seguido pelo post hoc de Bonferroni, teste t de Student, teste de Kruskal-Wallis e o teste U de Mann-Whitney seguido pela correção de Bonferroni, o teste de Wilcoxon, e teste d de Cohen. Houve uma diferença significativa na perimetria da cintura, índice de conicidade e relação cintura-estatura, atividade física no trabalho, atividades vigorosas e risco coronariano no grupo natação e no grupo de caminhada, houve uma diferença significativa no percentual de gordura, massa magra e massa gorda após 24 semanas de treinamento. O programa de natação contribuiu para reduções significativas na circunferência da perimetria da cintura, índice de conicidade e relação cintura-estatura e risco coronariano e no aumento dos níveis de atividade física no trabalho e atividades vigorosas. Além disso, um programa de caminhada contribuiu para reduções significativas na gordura corporal relativa e massa gorda e no aumento da massa magra entre os policiais militares.
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Croff, Raina L., Edline Francois, Caroline Lawrence, Zoe Rothberg, Juell Towns, Patrice Fuller, Andre Pruitt, and Jeffrey Kaye. "PAIRING STORIES AND EDUCATIONAL CONTENT FOR A CULTURALLY CELEBRATORY HEALTHY AGING COMMUNITY RESOURCE." Innovation in Aging 3, Supplement_1 (November 2019): S517. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.1906.
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Abstract Culturally celebratory programming exceeds cultural relevancy, engaging participants in celebration-making and culture-creating. African Americans aged 55+ in the Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-imagery (SHARP) study celebrate their heritage in gentrifying neighborhoods through walking-reminiscence sessions; they create culture through discussing ideas, beliefs, norms, values, and shared experiences of the past while considering these aspects within presently changing cultural dynamics. The SHARP study’s narrative approach supports cognitively healthy behaviors and community priorities of cultural preservation in response to marginalization. The SHARP smartphone application houses 72 themed walking routes in Portland, Oregon’s historically Black neighborhoods. One-mile routes with GPS-triggered historical neighborhood images prompt conversational reminiscence among walking triads. Recorded narratives are organized in a process called storytabling and thematically coded. Selections referencing cognitively healthy behaviors are flagged for pairing with online brain health content tested by 12 African Americans aged 55+. Historical images and narratives anchor educational content to relatable life experiences, framing healthy aging in a culturally celebratory, neighborhood context to improve applicability. The online resource, routes, and recorded narratives are community deliverables. Currently, 254 walking narratives from 2016-2018 walkers (n=40; 8 with mild cognitive impairment) have been transcribed and 60 analyzed. Walkers found image prompts and walking within triads of similar sociocultural backgrounds as highly motivating, healthy ways of addressing change. Content testers found narratives lent depth, meaning, and a sense of cultural resilience to educational content. Narrative approaches situate cognitive health in participant-driven terms and experiences, informing brain health best practices for marginalized and minority populations.
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Emery, James, Carolyn Crump, and Philip Bors. "Reliability and Validity of Two Instruments Designed to Assess the Walking and Bicycling Suitability of Sidewalks and Roads." American Journal of Health Promotion 18, no. 1 (September 2003): 38–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.4278/0890-1171-18.1.38.
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Purpose. Public health professionals hypothesize that when community environments provide suitable walking and bicycling conditions, community members will be more active. Measurement indicators and assessment instruments are needed to evaluate suitability. This study determined the reliability and validity of two instruments to assess the suitability of sidewalks for walking and roads for bicycling. Methods. Two data collectors used walking and bicycling suitability assessment instruments to collect data on 31 road segments. In addition, three transportation experts used a 7-point Likert response system to subjectively evaluate walking and bicycling conditions for the same segments. Intraclass correlations determined the reliability of each assessment instrument and the reliability of the Likert response system. Pearson correlations (research staff assessments with expert assessments) were calculated to determine the criterion-related validity of the suitability measures. Results. Intercoder reliability (intraclass) correlations for the walking and bicycling assessment instruments were r = .79 and .90, respectively. Intercoder reliability of the experts' Likert response system was r = .73 for the walking form and r = .77 for the bicycling form. Criterion-related validity (Pearson) correlations for the walking and bicycling assessment instruments were r = .58 and .62, respectively. Conclusion. Although some variables have lower reliability and validity than is ideal, the walking and bicycling suitability assessment instruments appear promising as instruments for community members and professionals to systematically assess key aspects of the physical environment.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Walking – Health aspects"
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Neureuther, Earlene R. "The health benefits of a pedometer based 100,000 steps/week physical activity program." Virtual Press, 2007. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1366497.
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The purpose of this study was to determine if increasing physical activity to 100,000 steps/week would lead to improvements in cardiovascular risk factors for the "somewhat active" to "active" population. Thirty-one subjects, 13 male (mean age 43.5 ± 14.5 years) and 18 female (mean age 38.9 ± 12.6 years) who volunteered to participate in this study completed the full 16 weeks. Subjects were eligible for the study if they were healthy, could ambulate, and their baseline activity level met the step count criteria (> 7,500 - <12,500 steps/day). Subjects underwent laboratory testing comprised of resting heart rate, resting blood pressure, body composition, blood lipid analysis, bone mineral density, and a surrogate measure of cardio-respiratory fitness, prior to and 16 weeks after completing the 100,000 steps/week intervention. After the completion of preliminary assessments, subjects were asked to wear a pedometer continuously for 16 weeks; increasing their number of steps from baseline to 100,000 steps/week. Fifty-eight percent of subjects adhered (> 90,000 steps/week) to the 100,000 steps/week physical activity program. Subjects demonstrated significant reductions in body composition measurements overtime with increased physical activity. These improvements included body mass index 27.2 ± 3.6 to 26.8 ± 3.6 kg/m2, total percent body fat 35.4 ± 9.9 to 33.9 ± 10.3%, and waist circumference 83.9 ± 10.3 to 81.6 ± 10.1cm from pre to post measurements. In conclusion, individuals already meeting minimal physical activity recommendations (i.e. somewhat active/active) can gain health benefits particularly in body composition by increasing to 100,000 steps/week with the use of a pedometer.Key Words: physical activity, pedometer, walking, weight loss, adherence, dose-response, intervention.School of Physical Education, Sport, and Exercise Science
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Yang, Lin. "Physical activity in adults : investigating the contribution of active travel." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610782.
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Lam, Chi-ting, and 林之婷. "The effect of walking on quality of life of elderly people." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206963.
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Background: The world is facing an ageing population. Physical inactivity is considered as the fourth leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases. Walking is recognized as an affordable exercise to elderly people. However there is rarely any systematic review conducted to examine the effect of walking on quality of life of elderly people
Objective: This systematic review of randomized controlled trials is to examine the effect of walking on quality of life (QoL) of older people.
Methods: Articles were searched through Medline and Ovid by using keywords of “elderly people”, “aged, 50 or more”, “old people”, “elderly”, “the aged”, “walk”, “walking”, “QoL” and “quality of life”. PICO criteria were used for the criteria in selecting articles for this review. CONSORT 2010 checklist was used to assess the quality of included studies.
Results and Discussion: 8 articles out of 237 articles from Medline and 883 articles from Ovid were included in this systematic review after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Studies were from 4 different countries. Average age of the subjects was above 60. Subjects were randomized to intervention (walking) and control groups. Outcome measures were QoL indicators. There was significant improvement in various QoL dimensions while other studies have results of either no significant difference between intervention and control groups, or results favoring the control group. Subjects’ adherence was high in the initial phase, yet it was doubtful whether subjects could maintain the habit without the assistance of experimenter and the assisting measures.
Conclusions: From this systematic review, the effect of walking on quality of life on elderly people is still unclear. More large scale research works, especially randomized controlled trials are needed to examine the effect of walking on elderly people.published_or_final_version
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Guo, Linxuan. "Effects of Tai Chi and walking exercise on selected parameters of middle-aged office workers." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2011. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1216.
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Chow, Lok-yan, and 周樂欣. "The health-related benefits of dog-ownership in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48330152.
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Numerous studies have found that there are many health-related benefits to owning a dog, however, this has not been investigated in a high dense Asian environment where the culture is very different to Western countries.
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This study aimed at investigating 1) if dog-owners are more active than those who do not own a dog; 2) if dog-owners have higher perceived physical and mental health status compared to a sample of the population who do not own a dog; 3) are there social/environmental factors measured by the Dogs-and-Physical Activity (DAPA) tool that are associated with the perceived physical and mental health as well as physical activity (PA) habits of dog owners.
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A total of 102 Chinese dog-owners resident in Hong Kong were recruited to examine what factors might affect dog-owners to walk their dog regularly and hence likely to take part in more daily PA. All of these dog-owners were invited to complete a questionnaire that combined the DAPA-tool, Short-Form-12 health survey (SF-12), and the International-Physical-Activity-Questionnaire – short (IPAQ-short) and to wear an accelerometer for a week.
Of the 102 recruited dog-owners, 52 had analysable SF-12 and accelerometry data that could be compared with similar data from 47 HK Chinese who did not own dogs.
Linear regression was used to analyse differences between dog-owners and non-dog-owners and to examine social/environmental factors that contributed to physical component score (PCS) and mental component score (MCS) and accrued PA of the dog-owners; their living status, gender, age, Body Mass Index (BMI), income, education level and work status were adjusted during the analysis.
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Compared to those without dogs, dog-owners were found to have higher PCS scores (P<0.001), involved in more moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA, P=0.02) and overall PA (OVPA, P<0.001) as measured by objective accelerometry; while no significant differences were seen in MCS, nor MVPA or OVPA as measured by the self-reported IPAQ.
“Owning a dog adds to my happiness” was associated with having higher PCS (P=0.04); whilst “Trees and shrubs for dogs to sniff” (P=0.02), “Sitting areas with benches” (P=0.06) and “My enjoyment of being outdoors” (P=0.01) were positively related to MVPA as measured by IPAQ, whilst “My dog would be unfriendly or difficult to control” (P=0.02) was negatively related to IPAQ MVPA. Furthermore, “Signs to say if dogs are permitted” (P=0.03), “Trees and shrubs for dogs to sniff” (P=0.02), “The fact that I feel safe when walking with my dog” (P=0.02) and “It would keep my dog healthy” (P=0.04) were found to be positively related to OVPA as measure by IPAQ, whilst “My family commitments” (P=0.03) and “It would stop me feeling guilty” (P=0.03) were found to be negative related to IPAQ OVPA. No variables were significantly related to MCS among the dog-owners.
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Dog-ownership is associated with Hong Kong owners having a more active lifestyle and is related to higher perceived physical, but not mental health. A small number of social and physical factors appear important in providing a supportive environment that can help enhance the health benefits of dog-ownership.published_or_final_version
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Master of Philosophy
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Crymble, Tegan. "Cardiovascular disease risk in Black African females and the efficacy of a walking programme on blood pressure in a sub-sample." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013234.
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The purpose of the study was to investigate the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk profile of black African females in the Makana region, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Baseline measures from 40 participants, who met the criteria, were compared against the 2003 South African Demographic and Health Survey (SADHS) and the 2013 South African National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (SANHANES-1). The risk factors measured were anthropometric (stature, body mass and body mass index (BMI)), morphological (waist circumference (WC), fat mass and lean mass), cardiovascular (heart rate and blood pressure (BP)), physical activity (step count and energy expenditure), biochemical (glycated haemoglobin and full blood lipid profile) and behavioural (alcohol and tobacco use). Results showed significantly higher (p≤0.05) values for overweight/obesity (BMI 37.60 kg.m⁻²; WC 1130.58 mm; fat mass 45.23%) and high BP (130/88 mmHg) compared to the previous national surveys, highlighting these CVD risk factors as problematic. The subsequent sub-study aimed to assess the efficacy of a pedometer-based walking intervention on high BP. The walking programme (n=25) was based on individual step goals to be completed at a moderate-intensity on five days.week⁻¹ for 12 weeks. The same measurements were taken at monthly intervals, Week 0, Week 4, Week 8 and Week 12, with the addition of dietary intake and fitness level, and the exclusion of the behavioural variables. There were no significant differences (p≤0.05) in systolic and diastolic BP with the exercise intervention, although there was a strong, negative relationship with time for diastolic BP (r²=0.9857). This trend suggests that the lack of significance may be a result of poor compliance and/or the small sample size. Individual results, however, showed no compliance-result relationship for the two risk factors of interest: overweight/obesity and high BP. Future recommendations include supervised or group-based exercise interventions to improve compliance, and the addition of resistance training to the aerobic programme.
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Mahoney, Lucy. "Investigating the interactions of travel behaviour and wellbeing : mixed-methods case study of Penarth and Cardiff, Wales." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:10c62f3c-fb19-4381-89b4-b9bd4334629a.
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Transport systems are essential to trade, globalisation, communication and other forms of interaction between people and societies (Banister, 2013). Yet they can also have negative impacts including decreased quality of life or health impacts arising from pollutants, environmental damage including climate change and a range of wider socio-economic effects (Glanz et al., 1990). Given that most car journeys are short however (57% of UK trips are under five miles), there is particular potential for active travel (i.e. walking and cycling) to both reduce the environmental externalities of modern transport systems and stimulate improved quality of life and societal wellbeing (Banister, 2013; Martin et al., 2014). Unfortunately, there is a paucity of robust evidence that examines how infrastructural interventions (i.e. those aimed at making the physical environment more conducive to active travel) actually impact on active travel levels in specific communities. In addition, there is very limited evidence of the wider effects that such interventions have on wellbeing and levels of happiness overtime. This thesis details mixed-method research undertaken in Cardiff, UK, during 2011/2012, which examined the impacts of a new piece of infrastructure - the Pont-y-Werin walking and cycling bridge - on the local community's levels of active travel and subjective wellbeing. It provides insights into the nature of constraints preventing travel behaviour change from taking place, and - through the use of the novel, 'Day Reconstruction Method' - into the consequences that different modes of travel can have for travel and wellbeing, including on moment-to-moment moods and emotions. Overall by contextualising and measuring and evaluating wellbeing, the research suggests that people experience less pleasant emotions during travel than when undertaking everyday activities, and also that for certain modes there is a decrease in happiness before and after travel compared to everyday activities. Additionally greater monitoring, evaluation and promotion of combined hard and soft measures - focusing on travel behaviour change - is needed alongside providing travellers with accessible information on the wellbeing impacts of different modes (Elvik, 2009).
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Maclean, Linda MacArthur. "The role of executive attention in healthy older adults' concurrent walking and counting." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/4435.
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Completing activities of daily life relies on using both cognitive and physical resources efficiently, but these are affected by age. This may be due either to an age-related reduction in the resources we have available for carrying out tasks or to a reduction in our ability to use these resources efficiently. These resources comprise a set of processes called executive functions (EF), which collectively allow us to plan, initiate and monitor our performance of activities. Control and allocation of these resources is attributed to a central mechanism, sometimes called the central executive or executive attention, but the parameters that determine how resources are allocated are not well understood. Even simple or apparently automatic activities, such as walking, require attention, meaning that when task demands increase, for example when walking and speaking on the phone, there is a loss of efficiency in both tasks. The dual-task (DT) paradigm is an empirical means of examining the way attentional resources are allocated between two tasks by comparing their performance together in relation to how well they are carried out singly. Asking people to perform a cognitive task, such as counting backwards or spelling, while walking provides a reasonably naturalistic way to examine how flexibly older adults can divide their attention between the two tasks. Manipulating the demands of the task, either by increasing the difficulty of the cognitive task or instructing the participants to focus on one task or the other (prioritisation) should illuminate the strategies they use to allocate their available attention between the two tasks ask task demands vary. To explore this hypothesis a cohort of physically and cognitively healthy community-dwelling older adults (mean age = 72.3 years) took part in three studies. In the first experiment, 72 participants completed 8 single and dual-task conditions with varying cognitive load (counting back in 3s and 7s) and attention prioritisation (no prioritisation, prioritising walking and prioritising counting). Instructing the participants to prioritise walking in the DT when counting back in 7s produced the best walking and counting performance and this was predicted their score on a standardised measure of cognitive flexibility. In second part of the study, 68 of the participants were tested 12 months later when there was improvement in both their single and dual-task performances. There was also decline in concurrent walking and counting performance, but only when attention was allocated to walking in preference to the cognitive task. Both the improvements and the decline in performance after the 12-month period were predicted by a standardised test for EF at T1. In the third study a separate group of older adults (73.2 years) was trained to walk rhythmically to music, to further investigate the external manipulation of resource-allocation during concurrent walking and counting. Their performances were compared to 2 control groups who did not receive the same intervention procedures. Overall findings from this doctoral research demonstrate that explicitly manipulating attention-allocation during concurrent walking and cognitive activity improved healthy older adults' walking and counting performance and this was strongly associated with better cognitive flexibility. After 12 months, subtle decline in ability to allocate attention to walking during the DT, when attentional-demands were high, was also predicted by cognitive flexibility in an EF task. Together, these findings illuminated the role of executive attention in a rapidly-changing complex task when the ‘wrong' prioritisation could result in a fall. Observing healthy older adults' cognitive flexibility in allocating attention to walking, when required, revealed that executive attention was key to the future maintenance of their current functional well-being.
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Austen, Karen Christine. "The Effect of Hand-Held Weights and Exaggerated Arm Swing on Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, and Ratings of Perceived Exertion during Submaximal Walking." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1994. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279087/.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of hand-weights and exaggerated arm swing on heart rate, blood pressure, and ratings of perceived exertion during submaximal walking. Twenty middle-aged (40- 59 years) female volunteers were given four submaximal treadmill tests at 3.0 mph and 0 grade. The four treatment conditions were as follows: 1) walking with unexaggerated arm swing (AS); 2) walking with unexaggerated arm swing with hand-held weights (ASHW); 3) walking with exaggerated arm swing (EAS), and 4) walking with exaggerated arm swing with hand-held weights (EASHW). The testing sequence was randomized and a minimum of 48 hr was given between tests.
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Perchoux, Camille. "Accounting for residential and non-residential environments to measure contextual effects on health behavior : the case of recreational walking behavior." Thesis, Paris 6, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PA066593/document.
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Les études portant sur les effets de l'environnement sur la santé ont essentiellement examiné les effets de l'environnement résidentiel. Cette approche a été critiquée pour son absence de prise en compte des environnements géographiques de vie non-résidentiels. L'objectif général de cette thèse est d'évaluer si la prise en compte des lieux d'activité dans lesquels les individus se déplacent et sont régulièrement exposés permet de mieux estimer l'impact de l'environnement sur la pratique de la marche récréative. Trois études transversales ont été conduites sur la seconde vague de la Cohorte RECORD. La première étude a permis d'identifier une typologie des comportements de mobilité individuels et les déterminants sociodémographiques de ces mobilités. Les résultats de la deuxième étude montrent que l'exposition à des caractéristiques environnementales facilitant la marche diffère entre le quartier de résidence, le quartier résidentiel perçu, et l'espace d'activité. L'erreur de mesure liée à la seule prise en compte de mesures d'exposition résidentielle varie en fonction des groupes socio-économiques et des degrés d'urbanisation de la résidence dans la région Île-de-France. Dans la troisième étude, une densité de destinations élevée, la présence de lacs ou de voies d'eau et un niveau d'éducation élevé du quartier sont associés à une augmentation de la pratique de la marche récréative. Cette thèse souligne l'importance de prendre en compte les environnements géographiques de vie résidentiels et non-résidentiels pour mieux approximer l'exposition environnementale réelle, et évaluer les effets de l'environnement sur les comportements de santéPrevious studies on place effect on health focused on the residential neighborhood. This approach was criticized for not considering non-residential geographic life environments. The overarching aim of this dissertation is to estimate whether accounting for people’s network of activity places and their resulting exposure allows improving the understanding of environmental influences on recreational walking behavior. Three cross sectional studies were conducted on the second wave of the RECORD Cohort Study. In the first study, I identified a typology of individuals’ patterns of mobility and related socio-demographic correlates. Results from the second study provide evidence that exposure to environmental characteristics supportive to walking highly differs between the residential neighborhood, the perceived residential neighborhood and the activity space. The measurement error resulting from the sole use of residential measures of exposure varies among SES groups and among categories of the degree of urbanicity of the residence. In the third empirical study a high density of destinations, the presence of a lake or waterway, and a high neighborhood education are associated with recreational walking. This dissertation strengthen the conceptual grounds and empirical evidence that accounting for both residential and non-residential geographical environments individual get exposed is required to better proxy the true environmental exposure, and to estimate environmental influences on health behaviors
Books on the topic "Walking – Health aspects"
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Carlson, Bob. Health Walk. Colorado, USA: Fulcrum Pub, 1988.
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Sylvie, Hinderberger, and Tittlbach Susanne, eds. Walking and light running. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2006.
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Jonas, Steven. PaceWalking: The balanced way to aerobic health. New York: Crown Publishers, 1988.
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Henshūbu, "Sarai", ed. "Akinai" sanpojutsu. Tōkyō: Shōgakkan, 2002.
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Get fit walking. London: A & C Black, 2006.
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author, Lin Qing, ed. Zou shi yang sheng zhi wang. Nanjing Shi: Feng huang chu ban chuan mei gu fen you xian gong si, 2016.
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Jian kang zou pao: Walking and jogging for health. Taibei Shi: Ao nuo shi chu ban she, 2006.
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Walk it off!: 20 minutes a day to health and fitness. New York, N.Y., U.S.A: Plume, 1990.
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Rippe, James M. Dr. James M. Rippe's complete book of fitness walking. New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1989.
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Kimiko. Walking your way to a better life. New York: Vertical, 2009.
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Studenski, Stephanie, and Jessie VanSwearingen. "Gait disorders." In Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine, 513–20. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198701590.003.0067.
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Mobility is fundamental for living. As walking is the most common form of mobility for humans, disorders of gait impact multiple aspects of our existence, including independence, social function, health, and the ability to explore and understand ourselves in relation to the world. Because of the breadth of the impact of gait disorders, the intent of this chapter is to provide clinicians with an adequate background in the basic physiology and mechanics of normal gait, and an observational approach to recognize deviations from the normal pattern-types of gait abnormalities. While the type of gait disorder does not directly lead to the treatment prescription, we describe various approaches to the management (including assistive devices) and rehabilitation that may have potential to impact related gait abnormalities. Lastly, we highlight rising concerns and directions in the assessment and management of subclinical gait problems in walking.
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Tham, See Wan, Anna C. Wilson, and Tonya M. Palermo. "Measurement of health-related quality of life and physical function." In Oxford Textbook of Paediatric Pain, 417–26. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199642656.003.0041.
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This chapter reviews the measurement of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and physical function in paediatric pain populations. We present available data on HRQOL and physical function in children with pain, methods of assessment, details about specific questionnaire and performance-based measures, and recommendations for the use of measures based on available evidence. Because many children and adolescents with pain report impairment in participation in physical activities such as walking, running, and sports, physical functioning is a core target and outcome for intervention, particularly for youth with chronic pain. However, the domain of physical functioning encompasses a number of constructs such as physical fitness, physical activity, and subjective disability, which are interrelated, but represent distinct aspects of functioning. Moreover, HRQOL is a broader concept that subsumes physical and psychosocial function. A wide variety of measurement tools are in use, but no guidelines for measurement have been established. A better understanding of measurement of HRQOL and physical function may enable researchers and clinicians to track children’s functional impact and changes in function over time, and to improve the design and testing of potentially effective interventions for children with pain.
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Davidson, Larry, Michael Rowe, Janis Tondora, Maria J. O'Connell, and Martha Staeheli Lawless. "The Recovery Movement and Its Implications for Transforming Clinical and Rehabilitative Practice." In A Practical Guide to Recovery-Oriented Practice. Oxford University Press, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195304770.003.0006.
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We begin with a snapshot of the world we hope to leave behind. While it may not be necessary to reiterate the reasons why transformation is needed for most readers—who, as we noted in the Introduction, may be only too familiar with the challenges presented by our current systems of care—we think it useful nonetheless to establish a point of departure. We also strive throughout this volume to make our ideas concrete through the use of stories derived from our own experiences, putting a human face on what might frequently appear to be abstract or idealistic concepts. In our experience, and in our previous publications (e.g., Davidson, Stayner, et al., 2001), there has been very little about mental health concepts of recovery that are either abstract or idealistic. In fact, we have consistently stressed the everyday nature of recovery (Borg & Davidson, 2007), fi nding it embodied and exemplifi ed in such mundane activities as washing one’s own dishes, playing with a child, or walking a dog. We strive to continue this concrete focus in what follows, alternating our exposition of principles and practices with descriptions of real-life examples from our practice. This not only is our own preference in teaching and training but was strongly encouraged by the reviewers of an earlier draft of this book. We are happy to oblige. Passage of legislation such as the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 held great promise for individuals with disabilities, especially in relation to their opportunity to participate fully in all aspects of community life. Unfortunately, it is now widely recognized that the implementation of these acts for persons with serious mental illness lags far behind parallel efforts in the broader disability community, with expectations for expanded access and opportunity largely still to be realized (Chirikos, 1999; Fabian, 1999; Hernandez, 2000; Wylonis, 1999). In response to this national tragedy, several recent calls have been made for radical reforms to the mental health system. The Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health, for example, called for mental health services to be “consumer oriented and focused on promoting recovery” (DHHS, 1999, p. 455).
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Knott, P., and XC Liu. "Eliminating 2D spinal assessments and embracing 3D and 4D: clinical application of surface topography." In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. IOS Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/shti210439.
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The Adams Forward Bend Test recognizes the rotational aspect of the curve with the spine in flexion, and the AP X-ray measures the coronal plane deviation by using the Cobb Angle. However, modern techniques including CT-scan, biplanar radiograph, ultrasound, and surface topography allow the clinician to better evaluate and visualize the true 3-D nature of the spine. Surface Topography imaging uses the surface of the trunk to estimate the spine position using a mathematical algorithm that has been found to be accurate when compared to the radiologic Cobb Angle. The sagittal balance of the spine measured by surface topography is compared in three different situations, namely, “standing up straight,” “standing relaxed,” and “walking,” which will help to best assess posture and risk of proximal junctional kyphosis before and after the treatment. Coronal imbalance (lateral deviation) and a range of maximal vertebral surface rotation (amplitude in either direction) are considered as the parameters with an excellent to good reproducibility. COP displacement or symmetry from the midline is used to measure the stability of the trunk. Therefore, those selected spine shape parameters and COP deviation would be considered as the best descriptors in the assessment of postural sway and outcome of PSSE in children with AIS.
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Hardy, Anne. "Tracking via Volunteered Geographic Information." In Tracking Tourists. Goodfellow Publishers, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.23912/9781911635383-4574.
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Over the past 20 years, the use of location-based tracking has become increasingly popular. The introduction of GPS technology into devices such as phones and watches, and its incorporation into tracking apps, has led to widespread use of apps which track activities, particularly those of a sporting nature. There are now over 318,000 health and fitness apps – called mHealth apps (Byambasuren et al., 2018) – and it is estimated that 75% of runners now use them (Janssen et al., 2017). Many of these apps contain the ability for users to track their movement and share it with fellow app users – Strava alone has 42 million accounts with 1 million users each month (Haden, 2019), but others include MapMyFitness, Adidas Running, and Google Fit. Importantly for this book, the data that is produced from mHealth apps is continuous point geo-referenced data that is visualised for the user as a defined route undertaken during a particular activity. This route, and the temporal and spatial aspects of the activity, can be viewed by the user and then released online for their online network to view. Most commonly, it is referred to as volunteered geographic information (VGI). The data that is generated from mHealth apps can be sourced by researchers; this is often referred to as crowd sourcing. Researchers can gather large amounts of data of entire paths taken by individual users, either via gaining consent from individual users to share their routes, or via APIs provided by the app developer which provide access to large amounts of routes and their associated statistics. VGI provides researchers with great potential to facilitate research that assesses tourists’ movement through space and time (Heikinheimo et al., 2017). However, as is the case with single point geo-referenced data (discussed in the previous chapter), research in this space is disparate and tends to focus on one platform at a time, or one context at a time. The rapid increase in VGI is arguably due to three factors: developments in wearable technology; developments in location based technology that has been integrated into smart phone and watch apps; and an increase in usage of urban spaces for walking, running and biking. The latter is largely due to an increased interest in healthy lifestyles and exercise (Santos et al., 2016; Brown et al., 2014) and presents issues for park managers, including those related to environmental impacts due to overuse and conflicts between different types of users, such as walkers and bike riders (Santos et al., 2016; Norman and Pickering, 2017; Pickering et al., 2011; Rossi et al., 2013). This chapter will explore how VGI data can assist researchers and managers in understanding these issues, along with tourists’ mobility.
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Guru, Ramratan, Anupam Kumar, and Rohit Kumar. "Functional Textile for Active Wear Clothing." In Textiles for Functional Applications [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.96944.
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Moisture management property is an important aspect of any fabric meant for active wear fabric, which decides the comfort level of that fabric specially used as active wear garments. Regular physical activity is important to maintain consistency in human health. To achieve comfort and functional support during various activities such as walking, stretching, jogging etc., athletes and sports persons use active wear clothing. A fabric’s moisture management performance is also influenced by its air and water vapour permeability. The moisture management finish (MMF) and Antimicrobial finish (AMF) have been used to increase moisture absorbency; improves wetting, wicking action and antimicrobial performance. In this study, influence of MMF and AMF finishes on the moisture management property of different knitted active wear fabrics had been carried out. For the study two different knit fabrics of 100% Polyester and 100% Nylon with three different GSM levels (100, 130 and 160) has been selected. Further two varieties of commercially available functional fabric finishes have been also taken for the study. The result shows that in case of finished fabric at certain concentration level, as the fabric GSM increases the value of Accumulative one-way transport index (OWTI) %, water vapour permeability but same time drying rate increases. The result shows that in case of finished fabric at certain concentration level, as the fabric GSM increases the value of accumulative one-way transport index (OWTI) %, water vapour permeability decreases but same time drying rate increases. The knitted fabrics of 100% Polyester and 100% Nylon composition follow the similar trend. Further with the increase of fabric finish concentration level, OWTI %, and water vapour permeability (WVP) factor decreases while the drying rate increases.
Conference papers on the topic "Walking – Health aspects"
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Carneiro, Daniel, Andrew Rathbone, Kok Siong Soon, and Graham Viecelli. "Rate Dependent Soil Resistance in FE Analysis of Pipeline Walking." In ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2014-23521.
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Pipeline walking is a complex phenomenon, governed by the axial pipe-soil interaction which is not yet fully understood, and which has been gaining increasing attention over the last few years. Axial friction (as any other aspect of soil mechanics) is usually bounded by drained and undrained responses, while in real life it will often be somewhere in the middle. For pipeline expansion it could be critical as while the ends might move a couple meters in the few hours it takes to heat up, somewhere close to the middle it will move a few millimeters only (so the level of drainage is totally different along the same line, during the same loading). Geotechnical frameworks to address the different aspects governing the soil response to pipeline axial movement have recently been published. However, the current practice has been to lump all the time dependent effects back into a single equivalent friction factor, based on a representative pipeline velocity. This paper presents the results of ‘true’ rate dependent pipeline walking analyses, and compares them to those obtained using constant equivalent frictions. While good agreement is observed for particular cases, differences up to 30% of the walking rate are observed. Examples show that the results of rate dependent pipeline walking analyses are significantly influenced by how the temperature changes over time along the pipeline length, thus realistic modeling of the heat up and cool down processes is crucial. The rate dependent model employed describes the axial resistance as a hyperbolic function of the pipe velocity. Additional aspects which are expected to influence the soil response (e.g. consolidation time between sweeps, progressive compression and consolidation hardening) have been neglected, and shall be considered in further studies.
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Alema´n, Miguel A´ngel, Ramiro Bermeo, Andre´s Mendiza´bal, and Wong Loon. "Successful Social Environmental Management Model, Implemented in Ecuador to Overcome Impacts From a Heavy Crude Oil Spill." In 2010 8th International Pipeline Conference. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2010-31179.
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On February 25, 2009, OCP Ecuador S.A. faced its first incident; an oil spill consisting of 11,700 barrels of heavy crude oil in an area of high biodiversity in eastern Ecuador. An earth movement caused stress in the pipeline causing its breakage. The temporarily impacted area covered 30 hectares of soil and gravel along 180 kilometers of three rivers that form the high watershed of the Amazon River; these rivers are the Santa Rosa, Quijos and the Coca. During the emergency, while workers rallied to contain the spill and clean the affected area, other workers took safety precautions regarding the health of the inhabitants of the area. Consequently, 1,258 residents from the Gonzalo Pizarro and Orellana cantons received medical assistance in order to rule out patients with pathologies related to the oil spill. OCP executed a joint effort with the Emergency Operations Committee (COE) stationed in Coca in order to supply water for the citizens that reside in the affected area. OCP responded to the requirements claimed by residents, all of which were approved by the COE. Communities affected by the event participated in cleaning efforts through the creation of temporary jobs for them. OCP strictly adhered to the regulations passed by the Ministry of the Environment and those of internationally accepted best practices for these types of events. The media and the citizenry were kept continuously abreast of developments. In addition, all corresponding works and reliability tests were performed on March 4 in order to restart pumping activities. On September 30th, 2009, and following a rigorous process of cleaning and remediation (L&Rr—in Spanish) activities, all tasks were completed in all affected areas prior to an inspection and a walking tour of the area performed by governmental authorities, community members and independent observers. For the collective benefit of affected communities, the environment and OCP, local authorities and international auditors recognized the model established during the event. OCP created a taskforce charged with the execution of the Environmental Remediation Program (PRA—in Spanish) and environmental authorities prepared and approved this program. The Environmental Remediation Taskforce (UPRA) covered the following aspects related to the incident: legal, environmental, cleaning and remediation technical aspects, as well as social, environmental, financial, insurance, internal and external communication aspects, along with a rigorous oversight of contractors. The model implemented is the first of its kind deployed in Ecuador. National and international regulations in force validated the methodology used to remediate the soil, riverbanks and surface water contaminated with the oil caused by the incident. The application of this methodology, aptly deployed in response to the distress situation present at the various affected areas, allowed a reduction in a short period, of the total hydrocarbon concentrations established in the environmental standard, to equal or lower values than those previously indicated for sensitive ecosystems. OCP developed and implemented a technical, environmental and economic matrix that allowed the Company to choose and justify the remediation methods used in affected areas.