Effects of a Recreational Team Handball-based Programme on Health and Physical Fitness of Middle-aged and Older Men

NCT05295511 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CEFADE 19 2019
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 68
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The present study aims at analyzing the dose-response effects of a recreational team handball-based exercise programme on cardiovascular, metabolic, musculoskeletal and physical fitness markers of inactive middle-aged and older men, without previous experience with the sport. The researchers hypothesized a positive weekly training frequency effect on health and physical fitness outcomes.

Conditions

Healthy Aging

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Within-group changes from baseline to 16 weeks, and between-group changes in week 16, in maximal oxygen uptake

  Maximal oxygen uptake (mL/min/kg) was measured by pulmonary gas exchange measurements. The participants performed an incremental treadmill test until voluntary exhaustion in a laboratory, according to a standardized incremental protocol.

  Baseline and week 16

Secondary Outcomes (46)

• Within-group changes from baseline to 16 weeks, and between-group changes in week 16, in systolic blood pressure

  Baseline and week 16

• Within-group changes from baseline to 16 weeks, and between-group changes in week 16, in diastolic blood pressure

  Baseline and week 16

• Within-group changes from baseline to 16 weeks, and between-group changes in week 16, in resting heart rate

  Baseline and week 16

• Within-group changes from baseline to 16 weeks, and between-group changes in week 16, in whole-body mass

  Baseline and week 16

• Within-group changes from baseline to 16 weeks, and between-group changes in week 16, in left arm total mass

  Baseline and week 16

Study Arms (4)

Team Handball 1

EXPERIMENTAL

Team handball group participants were instructed to perform one weekly 60-min recreational team handball training sessions for 16 weeks.

Other: Recreational Team Handball programme

Team Handball 2

EXPERIMENTAL

Team handball group participants were instructed to perform two weekly 60-min recreational team handball training sessions for 16 weeks.

Other: Recreational Team Handball programme

Team Handball 3

EXPERIMENTAL

Team handball group participants were instructed to perform three weekly 60-min recreational team handball training sessions for 16 weeks.

Other: Recreational Team Handball programme

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group participants were instructed to keep their regular daily physical activity for 16 weeks.

Interventions

Recreational Team Handball programme OTHER

All training sessions consisted of a standardized 15-min warm-up (running, coordination, strength, flexibility and balance exercises), followed by 3x15-min periods of recreational team handball matches interspersed by 2-min breaks, performed in an indoor team handball court. The matches were played as small and formal game formats (4v4, 5v5, 6v6 or 7v7).

Team Handball 1; Team Handball 2; Team Handball 3

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 50 Years - 75 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Middle-aged and older men
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Male participants; inactive with 50 or more years of age (i.e., not complying with the physical activity guidelines for the last 6 months).

You may not qualify if:

• Any medical contraindication to perform moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; incapacity to run or grip a ball.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Institute of Maia: lead
• Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development: collaborator
• Universidade do Porto: collaborator
• Centre of Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport, University of Porto: collaborator
• University of Southern Denmark: collaborator
• Porto Sports Medicine Center (IPDJ, IP): collaborator
• Gaia City Hall: collaborator
• Portuguese Handball Federation: collaborator
• São João University Hospital Centre: collaborator
• EPIUnit, Public Health Institute, University of Porto: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Univerisity of Maia

Maia, Porto District, 4475-690, Portugal

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Carneiro I, Krustrup P, Castagna C, Pereira R, Jorgensen NR, Coelho E, Povoas S. Bone health, body composition and physical fitness dose-response effects of 16 weeks of recreational team handball for inactive middle-to-older-aged males - A randomised controlled trial. Eur J Sport Sci. 2023 Nov;23(11):2251-2263. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2023.2222685. Epub 2023 Jul 10.

  PMID: 37376804 DERIVED

• Carneiro I, Krustrup P, Castagna C, Mohr M, Magalhaes J, Pereira R, Santos R, Martins S, Guimaraes JT, Coelho E, Povoas S. Dose-response effect of a recreational team handball-based exercise programme on cardiometabolic health and physical fitness in inactive middle-aged-to-elderly males - a randomised controlled trial. Eur J Sport Sci. 2023 Nov;23(11):2178-2190. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2023.2213195. Epub 2023 Jul 19.

  PMID: 37162301 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Susana Póvoas

  University of Maia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 15, 2022
• First Posted: March 25, 2022
• Study Start: December 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: July 12, 2019
• Study Completion: July 12, 2019
• Last Updated: April 6, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-03

Locations

PT (1)