Proficiency in pole handling during Nordic walking influences exercise effectiveness in middle-aged and older adults

• Eiji Fujita ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: fujita@nifs-k.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Sports and Life Science, National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, 1 Shiromizucho, Kanoya, Kagoshima, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1155-3730

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• Karen Yakushi,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Graduate School of Physical Education, National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, 1 Shiromizucho,Kanoya, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Masaki Takeda,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Faculty of Health and Sports Science, Doshisha University, 1–3 Tataramiyakodani, Kyotanabe, Kyoto, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2438-5692

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• Mohammod Monirul Islam,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Sports and Life Science, National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, 1 Shiromizucho, Kanoya, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Masaki Nakagaichi,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Sports and Life Science, National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, 1 Shiromizucho, Kanoya, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Dennis Robert Taaffe,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Exercise Medicine Research Institute, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia

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• Nobuo Takeshima

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Health and Sports Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Asahi University, 1851 Hozumi, Mizuho, Gifu, Japan

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