Inclusion Criteria: Ambulatory individuals with osteoporosis, a history of vertebral fractures, or hyperkyphosis. 

Intervention includes three Nordic walking sessions per week over three months, which will take place in Market Mall, in collaboration with the Community Health Centre. Measurements include bone densitometry, mobility, and postural measures at the College of Kinesiology labs at the University of Saskatchewan.

For information about the study contact coordinators Dr. Stacey Woods or Makayla Robinson at nordic.walking.study@usask.ca or 306-966-1096. 

For additional information, please contact the principal investigator Dr. Saija Kontulainen at saija.kontulainen@usask.ca or 306-966-1077.

Enrollment for this study is currently closed.

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Principal Investigator: Dr. Saija Kontulainen

Co-Investigators: Dr. Jenny Basran, Dr. Phil Chilibeck, Howard Giles, June Giles, Dr. JD Johnston, Dr. Kasie Kelln, Karen Levesque, Dr. Steve Milosavljevic, Dr. Kevin Spink, Elaine Warrington, Kimberly Willison

Postdoctoral Fellow: Dr. Suelen Goes

Students: Tania Alazawi, Omar Banun, Brad Bigsby, Makayla Robinson, Sebastian Sosa

Research Assistants: Dr. Chantal Banda, Bethany Hase, Anthony Kehrig, Dr. Mahdi Rostami, Dr. Stacey Woods, Yuwen Zheng

We thank all Patient Partners, as well as Student- and Peer-Instructors for volunteering!