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Trial reportPloS one2019

Effects of Nordic walking training on quality of life, balance and functional mobility in elderly: A randomized clinical trial.

Natalia Andrea Gomeñuka, Henrique Bianchi Oliveira, Edson Soares Silva, Rochelle Rocha Costa, Ana Carolina Kanitz, Giane Veiga Liedtke, Felipe Barreto Schuch, Leonardo A Peyré-Tartaruga

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 44 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03096964 nacompletednot on this map

Effects of Nordic Walking Training in Energetic, Mechanical and Neuromuscular Parameters of Elderly. A Randomized Clinical Trail

TypeinterventionalSponsorFederal University of Rio Grande do SulRan2014 to 2016Enrolled32ConditionsSedentary Lifestyle, Age ProblemsArmsFree walking training, Nordic walking training
NCT05965011 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Walking on 'Four Legs' to Manage Falls and Fear of Falling

TypeinterventionalSponsorDr. Mohammad Auais, PhDRan2022 to 2023Enrolled37ConditionsRisk of FallingArmsExercise training
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Influence of Resistance Training on Gait & Balance Parameters in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  6. The Effect of Aquatic Exercise on Postural Mobility of Healthy Older Adults with Endomorphic Somatotype.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Natalia Andrea GomeñukaExercise Research Laboratory, Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Dança, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Henrique Bianchi OliveiraExercise Research Laboratory, Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Dança, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Edson Soares SilvaExercise Research Laboratory, Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Dança, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Rochelle Rocha CostaExercise Research Laboratory, Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Dança, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0182-4936
Ana Carolina KanitzExercise Research Laboratory, Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Dança, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Giane Veiga LiedtkeExercise Research Laboratory, Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Dança, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Felipe Barreto SchuchExercise Research Laboratory, Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Dança, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Leonardo A Peyré-TartarugaExercise Research Laboratory, Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Dança, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-1742-5016

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThere is physiological and biomechanical evidence suggesting a possible advantage of using poles in walking training programs. The purpose of this proof-of-concept study was to test the hypothesis that untrained elderly training Nordic walking for eight weeks will show higher improvements on the functional mobility, quality of life and postural balance than that training without poles; more likely to occur in self-selected walking speed (primary outcome), and the locomotor rehabilitation index than the quality of life, the static balance and the dynamic stability. It was a two-arm randomized sample- and load-controlled study.

methodsThirty-three untrained older people were randomly assigned into Nordic walking (n = 16, age: 64.6±4.1 years old) and free walking (n = 17, age: 68.6±3.9 years old) training groups.

resultsImprovements in the self-selected walking speed (primary outcome, p = 0.011, ES = 0.42 95%CI -0.31 to 1.16), locomotor rehabilitation index (p = 0.013, ES = 0.36; (95%CI -0.39 to 1.10), quality of life (p<0.05), static balance (p<0.05) and dynamic variability (p<0.05) were found in both groups.

conclusionsThe hypothesis was not supported, our findings indicated that after 8 weeks, the Nordic walking training did not result in greater improvements than free walking training for the primary outcome (self-selected walking speed) and most of the secondary outcomes (including locomotor rehabilitation index, static balance, dynamic stability, and psychological and social participation domains of quality of life).

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT03096964.

Indexed as

Quality of LifeRange of Motion, ArticularAgedCase-Control StudiesExerciseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPostural BalanceWalking

Identifiers

PMID30699211
PMCPMC6353202

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