Field testing to determine biomechanical loading of the lower limb during nordic walking versus walking-Comparison between nordic walking instructors and experienced nordic walkers
5 Apr 2025
A common opinion is that walking with Nordic Walking poles provides 30-50% load reduction to the lower limb. However, some studies already focused on biomechanical loading in experimental set-ups and found only little evidence of load reduction. The aim of this study was to analyse the loading of the lower limb between nordic walking instructors (NWI) and experienced nordic walkers (ENW) during nordic walking compared to walking in real field circumstances with different walking tracks. First, the results show no lower vertical reaction forces between ENW and NWI during Nordic Walking compared to walking. Neither a reduction of the loading response at heel contact and push off, nor due to one of the different walking tracks, have shown less vertical reaction forces between groups. In contrast, for both groups in most of the tracks higher vertical reaction forces during heel contact were recorded for the nordic walking condition. Though, these differences were not significant.
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