Margins of stability and trunk coordination during Nordic walking

Peyré‐Tartaruga, Leonardo Alexandre; Boccia, Gennaro; Martins, Valéria Feijó; Zoppirolli, Chiara; Bortolan, Lorenzo; Pellegrini, Barbara

doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022.111001

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“…In the study of [ 30 ], the subjects walked on a flat treadmill at 1.53 m/s with and without poles. The inclusion of poles enhanced the mediolateral stability while anterior–posterior stability remained unchanged [ 30 ].…”

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A Review of Biomechanical and Physiological Effects of Using Poles in Sports

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The use of poles in sports, to support propulsion, is an integral and inherent component of some sports disciplines such as skiing (cross-country and roller), Nordic walking, and trail running. The aim of this review is to summarize the current state-of-the-art of literature on multiple influencing factors of poles in terms of biomechanical and physiological effects. We evaluated publications in the subfields of biomechanics, physiology, coordination, and pole properties. Plantar pressure and ground reaction forces decreased with the use of poles in all included studies. The upper body and trunk muscles were more active. The lower body muscles were either less active or no different from walking without poles. The use of poles led to a higher oxygen consumption (VO2) without increasing the level of perceived exertion (RPE). Furthermore, the heart rate (HR) tended to be higher. Longer poles reduced the VO2 and provided a longer thrust phase and greater propulsive impulse. The mass of the poles showed no major influence on VO2, RPE, or HR. Solely the activity of the biceps brachii increased with the pole mass.

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“…A + _Xc 0 vs. A + _Xc 1 A + _Rz 0 vs. A + _Rz 1 A -_Xc 0 vs. A -_Xc 1 A -_Rz 0 vs. A -_Rz 1 A + _Xc 0 vs. A -_Xc 0 A + _Rz 0 vs. A -_Rz 0 A + _Xc 1 vs. A -_Xc 1 A + _Rz 1 vs. A -_Rz 1 Finally, the 3-way interaction was analysed as described by Field [36]. The p value was set to 0.05 for the multifactorial ANOVA and to 0.025 to account for multiple comparisons [25]. By applying the G*Power 3.1 software, Cohen's d was used to assess both between-group and within-group differences and interaction effects, considering a value of 0.2 as small, 0.5 as medium, and 0.8 or above as large.…”

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“…Nordic walking (NW) is being given attention as a useful treatment for BCS since it is a whole-body physical activity, characterized by the active use of trunk and upper limb muscles while walking, through the use of a specifically made pair of poles [25][26][27][28]. Indeed, it has been shown to be efficient against lymphoedema and to improve muscle balance, body posture, shoulder range of motion, the strength of both trunk and upper limb muscles of BCS, and other variables linked with their quality of life (e.g., depression, self-efficacy, limitations in activities of daily living and social activities, arthralgia) [2,3,29].…”

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Effects of acupuncture and Nordic walking practice, and their interaction, on bodily fluids distribution of breast cancer survivors

Blasio¹,

Rinaldi²,

Morano³

et al. 2022

Hum Mov.

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Purpose. Integrative treatments are growing among breast cancer survivors (BCS), and both acupuncture and Nordic walking (NW) are found particularly useful for them. Their positive effect on BCS health is partially due to their impact on bodily fluid balance. The study of bodily resistance and reactance is a practical method to monitor bodily fluid balance. The aims of our study were to investigate (a) the acute effects of acupuncture treatment on resistance and reactance in BCS who never had received acupuncture treatment before; (b) if BCS practising NW had better resistance and reactance than non-exercising BCS; and (c) if BCS practising NW presented a better response after acupuncture treatment than other conditions. Methods. A total of 80 BCS (53.24 ± 5.50 years), including 38 women not practising physical exercise and 42 Nordic walkers, were recruited and investigated for bodily resistance and reactance immediately before and after (a) acupuncture treatment; (b) supine rest without acupuncture. Results. Acupuncture seems to positively influence bodily resistance and reactance variation compared with supine rest. NW practice seems able to assure the best resistance and reactance basal values, and their best positive variation after supine rest and acupuncture alone. The observed results are amplified when NW and acupuncture are coupled. Conclusions. Both acupuncture and NW could be used to positively influence bodily fluids distribution, also considering that, when coupled, their positive effects are amplified. Therefore, NW should be prescribed to maintain the positive effect of acupuncture or to prepare the body for it.

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“…Our observation of consistent convergence between hand motor behaviors and structural connectivity increases our understanding of structure–function relationships. Improving models of motor system developmental plasticity has the potential to provide useful insights for the study of peculiar aspects of motor control such as coordination, in healthy and pathological conditions [ 114 , 115 ], helping in the establishment of imaging predictors of responsiveness to therapeutic interventions. Such efforts may help to improve ad-hoc rehabilitation trainings and long-term outcomes for neurological disorders.…”

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Structure of the Motor Descending Pathways Correlates with the Temporal Kinematics of Hand Movements

Begliomini

Ceccarini

Dell’Acqua

et al. 2022

Biology

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The projection system, a complex organization of ascending and descending white matter pathways, is the principal system for conveying sensory and motor information, connecting frontal and sensorimotor regions with ventral regions of the central nervous system. The corticospinal tract (CST), one of the principal projection pathways, carries distal movement-related information from the cortex to the spinal cord, and whether its microstructure is linked to the kinematics of hand movements is still an open question. The aim of the present study was to explore how microstructure of descending branches of the projection system, namely the hand motor tract (HMT), the corticospinal tract (CST) and its sector within the internal capsule (IC), can relate to the temporal profile of reaching and reach-to-grasp movements. Projection pathways of 31 healthy subjects were virtually dissected by means of diffusion tractography and the kinematics of reaching and reach-to-grasp movements were also analyzed. A positive association between Hindrance Modulated Orientation Anisotropy (HMOA) and kinematics was observed, suggesting that anisotropy of the considered tract can influence the temporal unfolding of motor performance. We highlight, for the first time, that hand kinematics and the visuomotor transformation processes underlying reaching and reach-to-grasp movements relate to the microstructure of specific projection fibers subserving these movements.

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Margins of stability and trunk coordination during Nordic walking

Cited by 9 publications

References 34 publications

A Review of Biomechanical and Physiological Effects of Using Poles in Sports

A Review of Biomechanical and Physiological Effects of Using Poles in Sports

Effects of acupuncture and Nordic walking practice, and their interaction, on bodily fluids distribution of breast cancer survivors

Structure of the Motor Descending Pathways Correlates with the Temporal Kinematics of Hand Movements

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