The Effect of Nordic Pole Walking on Chronic Low Back, Hip, and/or Knee Pain on Walking and on Distance Walked - A Prospective Community Study in Ambulatory People Over Age 60 : Figure 2

Figure 2: Change in pain severity by VAS scale (Visual Analogue Scale) (Mean and SD) after starting Nordic Walking. In the VAS for severity of pain a score of 10 is very severe pain and a VAS of 0 is no pain. There was a significant improvement in pain on walking which started in the first week (p<0.001) and continued throughout the whole 12 weeks.