Eine Studie ergab, dass Nordic Walking Depressionssymptome in nur fünf Wochen deutlich reduziert

But it would take me way too long to get there

But compared to normal walking ?

Whoever funded this trial has just thrown their money away, or they have no interest in actually doing science.

Imagine you have severe depression.

You see a leaflet in your clinic advertising a clinical trial of Nordic walking for depression.

You get excited. You sign up. You get randomised to the control arm and given a “mental health newsletter”. You feel worse than you did before.

The intervention group get hour-long group activity sessions led by an attentive instructor, twice a week for ten weeks. You get asked how you are far more often.

The results say nothing.