NCT05295511

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

Dose-response Effects of a Recreational Team Handball-based Exercise Programme on Cardiovascular, Metabolic, Musculoskeletal and Physical Fitness Markers in Inactive Middle-aged and Older Male

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 68 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Institute of Maia · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 50 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Recreational Team Handball programme	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).

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-12-01
• Primary completion: 2019-07-12
• Completion: 2019-07-12
• First posted: 2022-03-25
• Last updated: 2022-04-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Portugal