An increasing share of light sports participants (e.g. self-organised runners) challenge traditional ‘Sport for All’ policy systems to target a more diversified array of people participating in sport and physical activity. The main aim of this article is to analyse whether light sport facilities, as …

Background information: Previous studies implicates that Nordic walking is an effective exercise modality for improving exercise capacity. However, these findings are based on healthy subjects. Exercise capacity has shown to be a strong predictor for mortality and gives valuable prognostic information. …