Study Finds Signicant Improvement To Neck & Shoulder Pain After 12 Weeks of Walking Poles Exercise

The Finnish Helsinki Polytechnic’s Faculty of Health Care studied the impact of regular participation in Nordic walking in spring 1999. They studied women working mainly with PCs and their symptoms in the neck and shoulder area and the mobility of the cervical and pectoral spine. The study showed that the symptoms in the neck and shoulder are disappeared among more than half of the participants and that the mobility of the cervical and pectoral spine improved significantly. Among older persons the use of walking poles is a factor of safety as they may prevent falling at the time improving mobility…Read Full PDF

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Anttila et al. 1999