Nordic walking is effective for improving a common fracture site distal radius bone strength in meddle-aged women

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350739
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Developmental mechanisms and the body works
• Research Institution: Suzuka University of Medical Science
• Principal Investigator: Kato Takeru 鈴鹿医療科学大学, 保健衛生学部, 教授 (00329913)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ONISHI NORIKAZU 三重県立看護大学, 看護学部, 教授 (20176952) ; YAMASHITA TAKENORI 鈴鹿医療科学大学, 保健衛生学部, 准教授 (10410937)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 骨塩量 / 骨密度 / ノルディックウォーキング / 筋横断面積 / 中高年 / 若年女性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Healthy female college students were randomly divided into two groups, Nordic-walkers (n = 19) and controls (n = 18). The NW group walked at least 30 min with Nordic Waking (NW) poles three times weekly for 23 weeks. BMC and aBMD at 1/10 the distance from the distal radius were significantly increased in the NW group after intervention. There were, however, no significant changes in muscle CSA at the mid-humerus and mid-femur between the two groups or between baseline and after intervention. NW pole push-off movement provides effective loading to enhance the osteogenic response at the ultradistal radius.
Forty middle aged participants were attended the 4 months of NW class. Although, the effects of NW class was not significant, the value of BMC and aBMD were higher than the baseline values. % fat of whole body was significantly reduced and lean body mass was significantly increased by the NW class.

Free Research Field

運動生理学