The Energy Expenditure of Tinikling: A Culturally Relevant Filipino Dance

Filipino Americans have higher risks for developing cardiovascular disease than many other U.S. minority groups and Caucasians. As a precursor to developing a culturally-relevant physical activity (PA) intervention targeting high-risk Filipino Americans, this study sought to evaluate the energy cost...

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Published in:International journal of exercise science 2019, Vol.12 (4), p.111-121
Main Authors: Heil, Daniel P, Angosta, Alona D, Zhu, Wei, Alforque-Tan, Rhigel
Format: Article
Language:English
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Dance
Filipino Americans
Metabolism
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Summary:Filipino Americans have higher risks for developing cardiovascular disease than many other U.S. minority groups and Caucasians. As a precursor to developing a culturally-relevant physical activity (PA) intervention targeting high-risk Filipino Americans, this study sought to evaluate the energy cost and intensity of Tinikling, or bamboo dance, a popular type of Philippine folk dance. These energy cost values were directly compared to the moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) cut-points commonly used to define the PA guidelines. Twenty-two pairs of Filipino American adults performed five minutes of continuous Tinikling dance to a three-count rhythm and standardized music. Each dancer wore a portable metabolic system to directly assess the oxygen uptake from the last two minutes of dancing. These metabolic data were then transformed to units of metabolic equivalents (METs). Mean METs for all dancers (Mean ± SD; 6.9 ± 1.4 METs; P
ISSN:1939-795X
1939-795X
DOI:10.70252/FJUG5462