Metabolic Cost of Medicine Ball Training

NCT ID: NCT05412511

Last Updated: 2023-05-11

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

10 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-05-01

Study Completion Date

2023-04-30

Brief Summary

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In this study, the investigators will be able to estimate the metabolic cost of several foundational medicine ball training exercises.

Detailed Description

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Medicine ball training has become a popular cardiovascular training choice in fitness centers and athletic performance enhancement facilities. Despite widespread use and growing popularity, little is known about the metabolic demands of such a training method. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to quantify the cardiovascular and metabolic cost from various foundational medicine ball exercises in order to contribute to a better planning of exercise programs in the real world.

Ten healthy young adults were assigned to execute fourteen bodyweight exercises (acute bout) of which seven exercises will be executed by throwing the medicine ball and seven exercises will be executed without a medicine ball throw. Anthropometric, metabolic, functional capacity and performance measurements were conducted at baseline. The metabolic cost was estimated from heart rate, blood lactate, resting oxygen uptake, exercise oxygen uptake, and excess post-exercise oxygen consumption measurements using a portable gas analyzer.

Conditions

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Body Composition Physical Fitness Energy Expenditure Resting Metabolic Rate

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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Training

Participants in this arm will perform seven medicine ball training exercises (acute bout per exercise) at two different conditions \[Throwing a ball (TB) and no Throwing a ball (NTB)\].

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

MB-TB

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Training exercises with throwing a medicine ball will be performed for 30 seconds and the training volume will be consisted of 1 repetition.

MB-NTB

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Training exercises without throwing a medicine ball will be performed for 30 seconds and the training volume will be consisted of 1 repetition.

Control

Participants in this arm will receive no intervention.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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MB-TB

Training exercises with throwing a medicine ball will be performed for 30 seconds and the training volume will be consisted of 1 repetition.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

MB-NTB

Training exercises without throwing a medicine ball will be performed for 30 seconds and the training volume will be consisted of 1 repetition.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Aged between 18 and 35 years
* Physically active individuals
* Free of chronic diseases
* Free of musculoskeletal injuries
* Nonsmokers

Exclusion Criteria

* Musculoskeletal injuries
* Chronic diseases
* Use of alcohol, caffeine and any type of ergogenic supplements or medication before (≤6 months) and throughout the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

35 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Thessaly

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ioannis G. Fatouros

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Ioannis G Fatouros, Prof

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University of Thessaly

Locations

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Laboratory of Exercise Physiology, Exercise Biochemistry and Sports Nutrition, School of Physical Education, Sports Sciences and Dietetics, University of Thessaly

Trikala, , Greece

Site Status

Countries

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Greece

Other Identifiers

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MΒT-UTH

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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