Football 4 Health in Middle-aged to Older Adults

NCT ID: NCT05722899

Last Updated: 2023-02-10

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-02-01
• Study Completion Date: 2021-07-15

Brief Summary

Ageing in humans is accompanied by a progressive decline in lower-limb muscle power production. In addition to a decline in musculoskeletal fitness, ageing is associated with a reduction in cardiovascular and metabolic fitness. Therefore, if exercise interventions aim for a high impact on the overall health status of middle-aged and older adults, they should combine endurance, high-intensity interval training and muscular strengthening activities. Recreational football training combines all these training components, which implies that it could constitute an adequate training modality for participants of all ages. What remains to be investigated in more detail, is whether recreational football training can improve muscle power production in middle-aged to older adults and whether this potential improvement is present across the full force-velocity (F-V) profile. Next to a detailed analysis of the leg-extensor F-V profile as primary outcome, simultaneous effects on functional capacity, body composition and endurance exercise capacity were investigated. In addition, feasibility and the physical demands (internal and external load indicators) of the training program were tracked throughout the intervention period.

Conditions

Exercise Training

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Football training

10-week football training program with small-sided games, 2x/week, 45min-1h

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Football training

Intervention Type: OTHER

10-week progressive football training with small-sided games, 2x/week, 45min-1h sessions

Control

No intervention, no changes in lifestyle and diet

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Football training

10-week progressive football training with small-sided games, 2x/week, 45min-1h sessions

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

• Unstable cardiovascular disease
• Neurological disorders
• Cognitive malfunctioning
• Acute infections or fever
• Severe musculoskeletal problems
• Systematic engagement in (resistance) exercise in the 12 months prior to participation

• Minimum Eligible Age: 55 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 70 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

KU Leuven

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Evelien Van Roie

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Department of Movement Sciences

Leuven, , Belgium

Countries

Belgium

Other Identifiers

S64926

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id