| Title |
Nordic walking in the second half of life
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, January 2016
|
| DOI | 10.1007/s40520-016-0531-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Katarzyna Skórkowska-Telichowska, Katarzyna Kropielnicka, Katarzyna Bulińska, Urszula Pilch, Marek Woźniewski, Andrzej Szuba, Ryszard Jasiński |
| Abstract |
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. 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. Seventy-four studies on this subject were identified, 37 of them fulfilled the required criteria and 27 of these were analyzed in this review. 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. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 246 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 246 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 44 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 35 | 14% |
| Researcher | 20 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 6% |
| Other | 47 | 19% |
| Unknown | 69 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 59 | 24% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 42 | 17% |
| Sports and Recreations | 25 | 10% |
| Psychology | 12 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 26 | 11% |
| Unknown | 75 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 May 2016.
All research outputs
#22,758,309
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
#1,705
of 1,867 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#346,023
of 404,437 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
#19
of 21 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,373,627 research outputs across all sources so far. This one is in the 1st percentile – i.e., 1% of other outputs scored the same or lower than it.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,867 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.9. This one is in the 1st percentile – i.e., 1% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 404,437 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one is in the 1st percentile – i.e., 1% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.
We're also able to compare this research output to 21 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 1st percentile – i.e., 1% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.