{"id":193411,"date":"2024-03-11T11:21:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T21:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=193411"},"modified":"2024-03-12T13:51:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T23:51:53","slug":"measuring-outrigger-canoe-paddling-intensity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/11\/measuring-outrigger-canoe-paddling-intensity\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<\/abbr> study first to measure outrigger canoe paddling intensity"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_47106\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bd6mrOGcCow?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Â鶹´«Ã½study first to measure outrigger canoe paddling intensity\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/publichealth\/\">public health<\/a> researchers are collecting data from outrigger canoe paddlers to determine the activity\u2019s metabolic equivalents (<abbr>METs<\/abbr>), which show how many calories or energy expenditure a person burns when engaged in a physical activity. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-outrigger-paddling-men-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"male paddler on the outrigger canoe\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-193425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-outrigger-paddling-men-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-outrigger-paddling-men-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-outrigger-paddling-men.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A total of 60 participants, including competitive and recreational paddlers with and without a spinal cord injury, were part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessurf.org\/accessmets\/\">Access<abbr>METs<\/abbr> pilot study<\/a>. Data collection events were held to measure their <abbr>METs<\/abbr> on three days between March 7 through March 10 at Mauliola <span aria-label=\"Keehi\">Ke&#699;ehi<\/span> (Sand Island Boat Ramp). <\/p>\n<p>Four out of six participants per boat wore a portable metabolic analyzer that monitored their body\u2019s response during a 45-minute paddling session. Researchers hope to deliver individualized reports to paddlers whose energy expenditure data were collected while paddling.  <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_193427\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193427\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-outrigger-paddling-mask-215x300.jpeg\" alt=\"paddler getting a mask fitted\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-193427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-outrigger-paddling-mask-215x300.jpeg 215w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-outrigger-paddling-mask-93x130.jpeg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-outrigger-paddling-mask.jpeg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-193427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paddler gets fitted with a VO2 mask.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;While many sports and activities, such as walking, running or lifting, have established their <abbr>MET<\/abbr>s, outrigger canoe paddling&#8212;an important, culturally relevant activity in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and beyond&#8212;has yet to be measured,&rdquo; said lead researcher Simone Schmid, a post-doctoral researcher in the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/thompson\/\">Thompson School of Social Work &#38; Public Health<\/a>, who is also a competitive paddler, locally and internationally. &ldquo;Establishing the corresponding <abbr>METs<\/abbr> will be instrumental in demonstrating the scientific benefits of paddling, including for paddlers who have physical disabilities.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This work is very important from a public health perspective,&rdquo; said project mentor Tetine Sentell, professor of public health and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/impact\/faculty\/public-health-chair-enduring-symbol-parents-values\">Chin Sik &#38; Hyun Sook Chung Endowed Chair in Public Health Studies<\/a>. &ldquo;Health promotion that supports activities that are important to individuals and communities builds on existing strengths. This has deep value across multiple aspects that support health and wellbeing.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Outrigger canoe paddling is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitol.hawaii.gov\/hrscurrent\/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F\/HRS0005\/HRS_0005-0014.htm\">state\u2019s official team sport<\/a> and is important for health research as a popular activity in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> that holds a rich cultural significance dating back thousands of years. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/20\/canoe-paddling-native-hawaiians-pacific-islanders-health-outcomes\/\">recent <abbr>UH<\/abbr> public health study<\/a> found that 1 out of 5 (20&#37;) <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> residents have participated in outrigger paddling, and is particularly popular among Native Hawaiians (42&#37;) and Pacific Islanders (31&#37;).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"blocklink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/20\/canoe-paddling-native-hawaiians-pacific-islanders-health-outcomes\/\">Related <em>Â鶹´«Ã½News<\/em> story: High canoe-paddling rates among Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I got to paddle with friends and meet some really great people who all came together for the benefit of helping the community and this important pilot project,&rdquo; said Donna Kahiwaokawailani Kahakui, a <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Waterman Hall of Fame Inductee, who supported the project as a participant and community advisory hui member. &ldquo;Hopefully it will continue on and it will get better and better each year that it can go.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Results and next steps <\/h2>\n<p>Initial results from the data collection are anticipated this summer. Schmid plans to report back to the community, share results at scientific meetings and publish the research later this year. Her long-term mission is to have canoe club memberships covered by health insurance. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_193426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193426\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-outrigger-paddling-aerial-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"aerial of outrigger canoe paddlers in the ocean\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-193426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-outrigger-paddling-aerial-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-outrigger-paddling-aerial-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-outrigger-paddling-aerial.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-193426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aerial shot of study participants (Photo credit: Brad Styron).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;All my career was built around physical activity and health\u2014not knowing it would lead here,&rdquo; said Schmid. &ldquo;I fell in love with paddling in 2010. I am thankful for all my coaches and paddling communities for what they taught me. I am grateful to finally have the opportunity to do this <abbr>MET<\/abbr>s project alongside the community and amazing paddlers. Mahalo nui to everyone who has made it possible!&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessurf.org\/accessmets\/\">project website<\/a> for up-to-date information and <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiidphs.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_cOQPup8MGPbzRfE?Q_CHL=qr\">complete a public survey<\/a> to submit ideas for next steps, open through summer 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Bringing dissertation to life<\/h2>\n<p>Schmid was inspired to work on the project and modeled it after the decades-long groundbreaking study in <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24203801\/\"><abbr>METs<\/abbr> for hula<\/a> led by Native Hawaiian health researchers at the <a href=\"http:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\">John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> (<abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr>). <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_193422\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193422\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-schmid-s-team-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"study research team\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-193422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-schmid-s-team-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-schmid-s-team-130x73.jpeg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-schmid-s-team.jpeg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-193422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Study team members (l to r): Simone Schmid, Ann Yoshida, Dan Heil and Tetine Sentell.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her research began in 2016 during her time as a public health PhD student. While working on her dissertation with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessurf.org\/\">AccesSurf Hawaii<\/a>, Schmid identified a scientific gap in measuring <abbr>METs<\/abbr> during paddling and surfing activities, targeting both individuals with and without disabilities. This became the focus of her project, addressing the unique needs of the community. However, the study required specialized equipment and funding that were not available at that time. <\/p>\n<p>Schmid graduated in 2021 and began an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/04\/public-health-doh-postdoc-scholar\/\">innovative postdoctoral fellowship<\/a> with the Office of Public Health Studies (OPHS) and the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Department of Health. Three years later, Schmid has gained access to strong, new relationships and mentorship as part of her fellowship. <\/p>\n<p>The project is funded by <a href=\"https:\/\/ola.jabsom.hawaii.edu\/\">Ola HAWAII<\/a> and others. Community partners are AccesSurf Hawaii and Honolulu Pearl Canoe Club. Study partners include the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Department of Health, a community advisory hui of competitive and adaptive paddlers, a scientific advisory committee including researchers at <abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr> Department of Native Hawaiian Health, and Dan Heil, an expert in <abbr>METs<\/abbr> measurement. <\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;by Arlene Abiang<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-outrigger-women.jpg\" alt=\"women paddlers on the outrigger canoe\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-193423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-outrigger-women.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-outrigger-women-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/manoa-public-health-outrigger-women-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Competitive and recreational paddlers with and without a spinal cord injury were part of the pilot study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[31,1363,1314,242,241,449,73,596,9],"class_list":["post-193411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-john-a-burns-school-of-medicine","tag-manoa-research","tag-manoa-sustainability","tag-native-hawaiian-health","tag-public-health","tag-public-health-sciences","tag-sustainability","tag-myron-b-thompson-school-of-social-work","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193411"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193486,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193411\/revisions\/193486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}