Results of Fullerton Test in older people. Group comparison due to the Nordic Walking and long walks undertaking

Zielińska Natalia, Ziółkowska Anna, Winiarska Angelika, Świtaj Konrad, Wojtczak Paweł, Kujawska Agnieszka, Perkowski Radosław, Androsiuk-Perkowska Joanna, Gajos Małgorzata, Topka Weronika, Kujawski Sławomir, Zalewski Paweł, Kędziora-Kornatowska Kornelia. Results of Fullerton Test in older people. Group comparison due to the Nordic Walking and long walks undertaking. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2017;7(7):247-257. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.826986

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Received: 25.06.2017. Revised: 02.07.2017. Accepted: 12.07.2017.

Results of Fullerton Test in older people. Group comparison due to the Nordic Walking and long walks undertaking

Natalia Zielińska¹, Anna Ziółkowska¹, Angelika Winiarska¹, Konrad Świtaj¹, Paweł Wojtczak¹, Agnieszka Kujawska¹, Radosław Perkowski¹, Joanna Androsiuk‑Perkowska¹, Małgorzata Gajos¹, Weronika Topka¹, Sławomir Kujawski², Paweł Zalewski², Kornelia Kędziora-Kornatowska¹

1. Faculty of Health Sciences, Department and Clinic of Geriatrics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland, M. Sklodowskiej-Curie 9, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland

2. Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Ergonomics, Division of Ergonomics and Exercise Physiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland, M. Sklodowskiej-Curie 9, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland

Key words: Nordic Walking, physical activity, long walks, Fullerton test

Abstract

Introduction: Standardly, high level of physical activity is prescribed to the older patients. However, it is worth to examine if every kind of physical activity give the same amount of health benefits, or is it dependent on its modality.

Aim: The purpose of above studies is to measure the differences in Fullerton subtests results in group who does vs in group who does not undertake regular long walks (LW) and Nordic Walking (NW).

Material and methods: Subtests of Fullerton tests were used to examine the physical performance of patients. Physical activity questionnaire was used to distinguish groups of patients who do vs do not engage in long walks and Nordic Walking regularly.

Results: There were no statistically significant differences in Fullerton scores due to NW-engagement. In contrary, group engaged in LW walked 42.41 meters more in 6-minute walk tests than group who do not undertake such activity. Moreover, Upper Right and Left Limbs Strength tests and its mean scores were better in LW-group by 4.23, 4.6 and 4.09 repetitions, respectively.

Conclusions: There was no statistically significant differences in results of Fullerton subtests between group of NW-engaged older people comparing to group who do not undertake NW. Group of participants engaged in long walks had better scores aerobic capacity and upper limbs strength tests.