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Human Activities > Leisure Activities > Recreation > Sports > Walking
Human Activities > Exercise > Walking
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Motor Activity > Exercise > Walking
Physiological Phenomena > Movement > Motor Activity > Exercise > Walking
... > Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena > Movement > Motor Activity > Exercise > Walking
Physiological Phenomena > Movement > Locomotion > Walking
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena > Movement > Locomotion > Walking

Preferred term

Walking  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Ambulation

Note

  • human & animal; differentiate from GAIT, the way one walks

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 91

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016138

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