Why the study?
What is the cardiac frequency and caloric cost of aerobic dancing in young women?
Population
13 young women, mean age 21 ± 0.5 years
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
35 minutes (duration of main dancing phase)
Authors
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May inform exercise intensity targets for young women; hypothesis-generating, prospective trials needed before broader adoption.
What is the cardiac frequency and caloric cost of aerobic dancing in young women?
Aerobic dancing in young women sustains an elevated cardiac frequency sufficient for cardiovascular conditioning, with an estimated caloric cost of 8 kcal/min.
Nelson et al. (1988) studied this question.
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