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The effect of power Nordic walking on spine deformation and visual analog pain scale in elderly women with low back pain

Lifestyle Disease
Author
Park HS et al.
Used Parameters : FFM, BFM

Publication Year : 2014

Country : Korea

Journal : Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to examine whether Nordic walking exercise can relieve low back pain and change the spine shape in elderly women.[Subjects] Sixteen elderly women with chronic low back pain from N University in Chungcheong-do, South Korea, were enrolled.[Methods] The participants were asked to walk in an upright posture, with the head upright and looking forward. The Nordic poles were held close to the body. When a foot was moved forward, the arm on the other side lifted the Nordic pole and moved …
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