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Nordic Walking Training and Physical Fitness in Elderly Women

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  • Ossowski Zbigniew
  • Prusik Krzysztof
  • Kortas Jakub
  • Wiech Monika
  • Bielawa łukasz

    (Jędrzej Śniadecki University of Physical Education and Sport in Gdańsk, Faculty of Tourism and Recreation, Department of Recreation and Qualified Tourism)

  • Prusik Katarzyna

    (Department of Biomedical Basis of Health)

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Introduction. Together with longer human lives, increase in economy level and higher social expectations, there is also need for developing science studies on physical culture and its role in prevention of ageing. Taking care of physical fitness is one of the main factor that guarantees both health and high quality life for millions of older people. The purpose of this article was to determine the changes of physical fitness level under the influence of Nordic walking trainingin women aged 60-75 years. Material and methods. 65 women aged 60-75 years were the subject of this study. Women were divided into 2 groups: control group (26 people) and experimental group (39 people). Women from experimental group were taking part in Nordic walking training for 15 weeks, 2 times a week, 60 minutes each meeting. To determine the level of physical fitness some trials from EUROFIT test for adults were applied and march test 2 km was held. Results. The trend of improvement of physical fitness under health education and Nordic walking training was determined. The best results was on endurance field (statistically significant p

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  • Ossowski Zbigniew & Prusik Krzysztof & Kortas Jakub & Wiech Monika & Bielawa łukasz & Prusik Katarzyna, 2015. "Nordic Walking Training and Physical Fitness in Elderly Women," Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism, Sciendo, vol. 21(4), pages 253-257, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:spotou:v:21:y:2015:i:4:p:253-257:n:6
    DOI: 10.1515/pjst-2015-0006
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