The Health Effects of Small-sided Team Handball

NCT ID: NCT04247724

Last Updated: 2020-01-30

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 72 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2015-08-01
• Study Completion Date: 2016-07-01

Brief Summary

The purpose of the project was to examine the fitness and health effects of participation in recreational Team Handball for untrained 20-30 year old healthy men and women.

Detailed Description

Fitness and health effects of 12 weeks of recreational team handball in untrained adult men and women aged 20-30 years"

Adult men and women aged 20-30 years will be recruited to take part in a 12-week intervention with recreational team handball. Half of the participants are men (n=32), who are randomly assigned to a group playing recreational team handball (n=16) and an inactive control group (n=16). The women (n=40) are also divided and assigned to a group with regular participation in recreational team handball (n=20) and an inactive control group (n=20). The training sessions will be offered 2-3 times weekly for 70 minutes per session by a supervised trainer. The sessions involves an injury preventive warm-up and ball exercises for 15 minutes followed by recreational handball on small pitches such as 4 vs 4. A comprehensive testing protocol is conducted before and after the training period. The measurements includes body composition and bone mineralization, blood pressure, resting heart rate, fasting blood sugar, insulin, cholesterol and bone markers. In addition, a number of physical tests which involves fitness level (VO2max), intermittent work, muscle strength and balance will further be conducted. The testing takes place at the University of Copenhagen. The training sessions will also take place at the University of Copenhagen or in a handball club near the University. The study will be approved by the local ethical committee of Copenhagen.

Conditions

Healthy

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Active group of men

4 groups are randomized for 12 weeks of intervention; 2 groups are active, 2 groups are inactive:

*1 group of men playing recreational handball

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Recreational handball

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Active group of women

4 groups are randomized for 12 weeks of intervention; 2 groups are active, 2 groups are inactive:

*1 group of women playing recreational handball

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Recreational handball

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Inactive group of men

4 groups are randomized for 12 weeks of intervention; 2 groups are active, 2 groups are inactive:

*1 group of men continuing their normal lifestyle patterns

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Control

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Inactive group of women

4 groups are randomized for 12 weeks of intervention; 2 groups are active, 2 groups are inactive:

*1 group of women continuing their normal lifestyle patterns

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Control

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

Recreational handball

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Control

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy women and men from 20-30 years old
• If women, a regular menstrual cycle length (25 to 32 days) with or without use of contraceptives.

Exclusion Criteria

• Known familiar diseases
• If been smoking for the last two years before recruitment
• If involved in any regular physical training two years before recruitment
• Women: a peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak) higher than 45 mL/min/kg
• Men: a peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak) higher than 51 mL/min/kg

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 30 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Copenhagen

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Arne Astrup

Therese Hornstrup Bondebjerg

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

References

Fristrup B, Krustrup P, Andersen JL, Hornstrup T, Lowenstein FT, Larsen MA, Helge JW, Povoas SCA, Aagaard P. Effects of small-sided recreational team handball training on mechanical muscle function, body composition and bone mineralization in untrained young adults-A randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2020 Nov 18;15(11):e0241359. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241359. eCollection 2020.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 33206670 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

H-15008361

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id