"Walking" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D016138
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G11.427.410.568.900 G11.427.410.698.277.937 I03.350.937 I03.450.642.845.940
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Walking" by people in this website by year, and whether "Walking" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2011 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2012 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2014 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2015 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2016 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2017 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2019 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2022 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Walking" by people in Profiles.
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Uhlrich SD, Mazzoli V, Silder A, Finlay AK, Kogan F, Gold GE, Delp SL, Beaupre GS, Kolesar JA. Personalised gait retraining for medial compartment knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet Rheumatol. 2025 Oct; 7(10):e708-e718.
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Zaganjor H, Chen TJ, Van Dyke ME, Soto GW, Whitfield GP, Smith A, Devlin HM, Irani K, Rose K, Matjasko JL. Self-Reported Reasons Preventing US Adults From Walking to Places Within 10 Minutes of Home. Prev Chronic Dis. 2025 Jun 19; 22:E29.
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Zeff SR, Martini DN, Hamill J, van Emmerik R. Head Control and Upper-Body Coordination during Gait in Collegiate Contact and Noncontact Athletes. J Mot Behav. 2025; 57(3):287-298.
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Waterval NFJ, Arch ES, Nollet F, Brehm MA. Prediction of the optimal ankle foot-orthosis stiffness based on the peak ankle moment during walking in neuromuscular disorders. Disabil Rehabil. 2025 Oct; 47(20):5395-5401.
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Hafer JF, Roelker SA, Boyer KA. Changes in lower extremity muscle coordination over a 30-minute walk do not differ by muscle fatigability. J Biomech. 2024 Dec; 177:112434.
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Cuthbertson CC, Evenson KR, Wen F, Moore CC, Howard AG, Di C, Parada H, Matthews CE, Manson JE, Buring J, Shiroma EJ, LaCroix AZ, Lee IM. Associations of steps per day and step intensity with the risk of cancer: Findings from the Women's Health Accelerometry Collaboration cohort. Prev Med. 2024 Sep; 186:108070.
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Borin G, Sato SD, Spencer RMC, Choi JT. Sleep benefits perceptual but not movement-based learning of locomotor sequences. Sci Rep. 2024 07 09; 14(1):15868.
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Pundlik S, Tomasi M, Houston KE, Kumar A, Shivshanker P, Bowers AR, Peli E, Luo G. Gaze Scanning on Mid-Block Sidewalks by Pedestrians With Homonymous Hemianopia With or Without Spatial Neglect. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2024 Jul 01; 65(8):46.
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Fiske S, Choi J, Jacelon C, Martell CR. Long-Term Effect of a Tablet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Group Intervention on Step Count, Fatigue, Self-Efficacy, and Quality of Life in Older Adults With Arthritis: A Pilot Study. J Gerontol Nurs. 2024 May; 50(5):35-42.
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Ito K. Cognitively enhanced tai chi improved cognition vs. tai chi or stretching at 24 wk in older adults with MCI or memory concerns. Ann Intern Med. 2024 03; 177(3):JC34.