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The energy cost of the forms of locomotion discussed throughout this article is summarized in Table 9. This table, as well as the preceding sections of this article, are designed to provide a rather comprehensive and simple set of information for potential readers: medical doctors, who should be able to prescribe to their patients (obese, hypertensive, cardiac, etc.) the correct amount and type of exercise, thus making use of exercise as of any other drug, of which it is imperative to know posology and contraindications; athletes, trainers, and sportsmen in general, who should gear correctly their diet to the type and amount of physical exercise; physical educators, who should be aware of the specific characteristics of the exercise modes they propose to their pupils, as a function of their sex, age, and athletic capacity. However, besides these practical applications, the notions discussed throughout this article bear also a more general interest. Indeed, they allow a better understanding of the motion of man, that is, of the only machine, which besides moving about, also tries to understand how he does it.
本文讨论的各种运动形式的能量消耗总结在表9中。此表以及本文前面的章节旨在为潜在读者提供一套相当全面且简单的信息：医生应能够为其患者（肥胖、高血压、心脏病等患者）开出正确的运动量和运动类型，从而像使用任何其他药物一样利用运动，必须了解其剂量和禁忌症；运动员、教练以及一般的体育爱好者，应根据体育锻炼的类型和量正确调整饮食；体育教育工作者应了解他们向学生提议的运动模式的具体特征，这是根据学生的性别、年龄和运动能力而定的。然而，除了这些实际应用外，本文讨论的概念也具有更广泛的意义。实际上，它们有助于更好地理解人类的运动，也就是说，理解这唯一的机器，它除了四处移动外，还试图了解自己是如何做到的。
