"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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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 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Walking" by people in Profiles.
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Soto G, Van Dyke ME, Nakayama JY, Chen TJ, Devlin HM, Irani K, Matjasko JL, Zaganjor H, Whitfield GP. Transportation Walking Among US Adults With and Without Transportation Insecurity, 2022 National Health Interview Survey. Prev Chronic Dis. 2026 Sep 17; 23:E43.
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Lemon SC, Leider J, Goins KV, Chriqui JF. The associations of code reform zoning and activity-oriented zoning with neighborhood social connectedness in the U.S., including mediation by walkability and park coverage. Health Place. 2026 07; 100:103713.
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Helfer KS, van Emmerik R, Muñoz M, Napoli D, Rodrigues Carvalho de Aquino M, Jeong H, Freyman RL. How Listening to and Remembering Accented and Non-Accented Speech Influences Walking Mechanics. Ear Hear. 2026 Sep-Oct 01; 47(5):1306-1313.
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Jeong H, Lee H, van Emmerik R. Speed-Dependent Multivariate Coordination Variability Using an Ellipse-Based Vector Coding Method. J Mot Behav. 2026; 58(2):277-285.
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Zeff S, Martini DN, Hamill J, van Emmerik R. Head stability and coordination variability during locomotion under different visual task constraints as a function of repetitive head impact exposure. Sports Biomech. 2026 Jun; 25(6):872-893.
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Thomas JM, Smith ZH, Kent JA, Boyer KA. A distal-to-proximal shift is not a requisite mechanism for greater metabolic cost of walking in older adults. J Biomech. 2026 Jan; 195:113109.
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Evans E, Jacobs M. Exploring age-related physical and cognitive decline in a nationally representative sample of US women. Womens Health (Lond). 2025 Jan-Dec; 21:17455057251379618.
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Kluberg SA, Chen T, Wang R, Jin R, DelloStritto L, Baker D, Giuliano K, Septimus EJ, Guy JS, Poland RE, Blanchard EJ, Sands KE, Klompas M. Associations between routine oral care and in-hospital mobility with non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2025 12; 46(12):1181-1189.
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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 06 19; 22:E29.