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Table 6. 3. Walking speed: Report the degree of physical difficulty that best describes how hard it was for you to walk one city block on level ground at each of these speeds without stopping to rest during the last week:

Speed Degree of Difficulty

Weight Score

None Slight Some Much Unable Mph
1. Walking 1 block slowly? 4 3 2 1 0 x1.5=
2. Walking 1 block at an average speed? 4 3 2 1 0 x2.0=
3. Walking 1 block quickly? 4 3 2 1 0 x3.0=
4. Running or jogging 1 block? 4 3 2 1 0 x5.0=
% Score=(Sum Individual Scores/46)x100





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