NCT02307357

The Effects of Newcomball Training on Physical Fitness and Mood State of Middle Age Women in Israel

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center · Other Government
• Sex: Female
• Age: 28 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Habitual physical activity was found to be positively related to better health and well-being. One of the most popular physical activity forms is ball games. In Israel, there is a growing popularity in a new ball game - Newcomball - which is being played by many middle age, non-athlete, women. However, so far, no study had evaluated the contribution of the game to improvement in the participants' physical fitness. The aim of this study, therefore, is to evaluate the effects of six month two weekly Newcomball training sessions to the physical fitness of middle age women.

Detailed description

Physical fitness will be evaluated by six different physical tests: 1. agility T test, 2. "shuttle run" test for aerobic capacity, 3. vertical jump, 4. power ball throw, 5. "sit and reach" flexibility test , 6. 20 m all-out run speed test.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	physical fitness tests	the subjects will perform 6 different tests to evaluate their physical fitness

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-12-01
• Primary completion: 2016-08-01
• Completion: 2016-08-01
• First posted: 2014-12-04
• Last updated: 2014-12-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel