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A total of twenty-three healthy men walked on a 119-meter oval track with artificial turf at self-selected pace (FP), 100, 120, and 140 steps\/min for 6\u00a0min each while oxygen uptake (VO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>), speed (in km\/h), distance (in m), and steps (in steps\/min) were measured.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>During FP, participants walked an average cadence of 117\u2009\u00b1\u20099.3 steps\/minclose to 120 steps\/min, which corresponds to 4.7 metabolic equivalents (METs). The estimated VO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> reserve was 30.5% of VO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> reserve at the FP and was close to the 120 steps\/min of 33.3%. At the 100 and 140 steps\/min, the VO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> reserve were 24.1% and 45.2%, respectively. The regression analysis revealed that an SR of 88.2 elicited 3METs and 17.1% of VO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>reserve. 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