Katarzyna Skórkowska-Telichowska1,2,3, Katarzyna Kropielnicka4,5, Katarzyna Bulińska4,5, Urszula Pilch4,5, Marek Woźniewski4,5, Andrzej Szuba4,6,7, Ryszard Jasiński5. 1. WroVasc-Integrated Medical Cardio-Vascular Centre, Regional Specialist Hospital in Wroclaw, Research and Development Centre, H. Kaminski 73a Street, 51-124, Wroclaw, Poland. cathcor@poczta.onet.pl. 2. Department of Internal Medicine, 4th Military Hospital, R. Weigla 5 Street, 50-981, Wroclaw, Poland. cathcor@poczta.onet.pl. 3. Division of Angiology, Wroclaw Medical University, K. Bartla 5 Street, 51-618, Wroclaw, Poland. cathcor@poczta.onet.pl. 4. WroVasc-Integrated Medical Cardio-Vascular Centre, Regional Specialist Hospital in Wroclaw, Research and Development Centre, H. Kaminski 73a Street, 51-124, Wroclaw, Poland. 5. Department of Rehabilitation, School of Physical Education in Wroclaw, I.J. Paderewski 35 Street, 51-612, Wroclaw, Poland. 6. Department of Internal Medicine, 4th Military Hospital, R. Weigla 5 Street, 50-981, Wroclaw, Poland. 7. Division of Angiology, Wroclaw Medical University, K. Bartla 5 Street, 51-618, Wroclaw, Poland.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this article is to review the literature regarding the effectiveness and safety of Nordic walking (NW) in therapeutic rehabilitation in patients of an advanced age. METHODS: Randomized studies comparing NW with different patterns of long-lasting physical rehabilitation in older adults (average age 65 years) were selected for the review. Studies were identified through a Medline database search covering the last 21 years. RESULTS: Seventy-four studies on this subject were identified, 37 of them fulfilled the required criteria and 27 of these were analyzed in this review. DISCUSSION: Nordic walking provides a safe and effective way to enhance physical activity in the elderly. It could also serve as a method of rehabilitation that improves fitness, the performance and the exercise capacity of aged persons with diseases associated with an advanced age: cardiovascular diseases due to atherosclerosis; metabolic syndrome without diabetes; early stage Parkinson's disease; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lowering depression in women with Sjögren's Syndrome.
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this article is to review the literature regarding the effectiveness and safety of Nordic walking (NW) in therapeutic rehabilitation in patients of an advanced age. METHODS: Randomized studies comparing NW with different patterns of long-lasting physical rehabilitation in older adults (average age 65 years) were selected for the review. Studies were identified through a Medline database search covering the last 21 years. RESULTS: Seventy-four studies on this subject were identified, 37 of them fulfilled the required criteria and 27 of these were analyzed in this review. DISCUSSION: Nordic walking provides a safe and effective way to enhance physical activity in the elderly. It could also serve as a method of rehabilitation that improves fitness, the performance and the exercise capacity of aged persons with diseases associated with an advanced age: cardiovascular diseases due to atherosclerosis; metabolic syndrome without diabetes; early stage Parkinson's disease; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lowering depression in women with Sjögren's Syndrome.
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