Table 1.
General characteristics of participants at baseline. Values are means (±SD).
Nordic walking
(NW)
Conventional walking
(CW)
Band-based resistance
(REC)
Number
17
16
15
Sex (M/F)
8/9
8/8
5/10
Age (yr)
70.1 (5.3)
68.0 (4.9)
68.0 (5.4)
Height (m)
1.59 (.08)
1.59 (.08)
1.56 (.07)
Body mass (kg)
58.1 (12.9)
60.8 (9.5)
57.7 (6.9)
BMI
23.0 (3.9)
24.2 (3.3)
23.6 (2.0)
BMI, body mass index (mass/height); No test parameter was significantly different between the groups