NCT07011290

Physical and Physiological Demands of Different Recreational Team Handball and Walking Modalitiesmodalities

Physical and Physiological Demands, and Perceived Experience Across Different Recreational Team Handball and Walking Exercise Modalities

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 23 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Institute of Maia · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 50 Years – 82 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to determine the physical and physiological demands and perceived experience during different recreational team handball and walking exercise modalities. Secondary purposes are: i) To compare the cardiovascular and blood lactate responses to self-paced walking (W), brisk walking (BW), recreational walking team handball (WTH), and recreational running team handball (RTH); ii) To compare the perceived experience (Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) and Fun levels (FUN)) during self-paced walking (W), brisk walking (BW), recreational walking team handball (WTH), and recreational running team handball (RTH); iii) To compare the activity profile during self-paced walking (W), brisk walking (BW), recreational walking team handball (WTH), and recreational running team handball (RTH);

Detailed description

Statistical analysis: Linear mixed-effects model accounting for repeated measures within the participants, will be used to compare the working demands and perceived experience during the selected exercise modalities. This model will consider the exercise modalities and group as fixed effects and the participants ID as a random effect. Significance level will be set at 5%, and confidence intervals will be reported for all comparisons. Randomization: Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups due to logistical constraints. Each group will then perform 2 randomly assigned sequences of 4 exercise modalities (i.e., W, BW, WH, RH).

Conditions

• Physiological Demands
• Elderly

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Self-paced Walking (W) training sessions	Participants will partake in 2 sessions of self-paced walking (W), each composed by 3x14 min periods interspersed by 2 min breaks, in which the participants will walk at a self-selected speed (without running) along a 38x18 m course.
OTHER	Brisk walking (BW) training sessions	Participants will partake in 2 sessions of brisk walking (BW), each composed by 3x14 min periods, interspersed by 2 min breaks, in which the participants will follow a designated instructor who will dictate the walking speed along a 38x18 m course, thus ensuring that the speed of the walking corresponds to a brisk walking speed.
OTHER	Recreational running team handball (RTH) training sessions	Recreational running team handball (RTH): Participants will partake in 2 sessions of recreational team handball matches (RTH), each composed by 3x14 min periods, interspersed by 2 min breaks on a 40x20m indoor court.
OTHER	Recreational walking team handball (WTH) training sessions	Recreational walking team handball (WTH): Participants will partake in 2 sessions of recreational walking team handball matches (WTH), each composed by 3x14 min periods, interspersed by 2 min breaks on a 40x20m indoor court.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-03-20
• Primary completion: 2025-06-17
• Completion: 2025-06-17
• First posted: 2025-06-08
• Last updated: 2025-06-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Portugal