'Mow' Your Limits

An episode about mowing, MET levels, and knowing your (your patient’s) limitations. Have you ever been asked, “Can I get back to….?” How do you help your patients make these decisions? Do you consider MET levels, HR response, or overall aerobic capacity?
Using MET levels for a specific activity can be a great way to help educate patients on their current abilities or to assist in creating meaningful goals for future activities. It can be a great starting point to help determine the “it depends” answer. It provides objective information to help gauge the overall energy expenditure to complete a specific activity.
So, how do we determine METs for mowing or any other activity? Check out this episode as we discuss the heart rate and blood pressure response to MET levels and incorporate the physical activity compendium to your toolbox.
In this episode:
Define a MET
HR and BP response to 1 MET activity
Use of the physical activity compendium
Resources:
2024 Adult / Older Adult Compendium: pacompendium.com/
Youth Compendium: www.nccor.org/...
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