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

NCT ID: NCT07011290

Last Updated: 2025-06-08

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

23 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-03-20

Study Completion Date

2025-06-17

Brief Summary

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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

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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

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Physiological Demands Elderly

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Self-paced walking (W)

Each participant will walk at a self-chosen speed during the set exercise duration.

Group Type OTHER

Self-paced Walking (W) training sessions

Intervention Type OTHER

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.

Brisk walking (BW)

Participants will walk at a designated speed corresponding to brisk walking ( moderate-intensity walking) during the set exercise duration. The intensity of this type of walking should allow the participants to talk but not sing during the walk.

Group Type OTHER

Brisk walking (BW) training sessions

Intervention Type OTHER

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.

Recreational running team handball (RTH)

Participants will play running recreational team handball (RTH) with the following adaptations to the official rules: use of softer and smaller balls and limited body contact, dribbling and substitutions are not allowed; players rotate positions every 3 min and matches are played as 5v5 or 6v6 game formats.

Group Type OTHER

Recreational running team handball (RTH) training sessions

Intervention Type OTHER

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.

Recreational walking team handball (WTH)

Same as recreational running team handball (RTH), however, the participants are only permitted to walk and not run (one foot must always be in contact with the ground).

Group Type OTHER

Recreational walking team handball (WTH) training sessions

Intervention Type OTHER

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.

Interventions

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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.

Intervention Type 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.

Intervention Type 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.

Intervention Type 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.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Males with 50-82 years
* Previous recreational team handball experience( at least 3 months)

Exclusion Criteria

* Had any sort of limitation that prevented them from running or gripping a team handball ball
* Had medical contradictions to partake in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

82 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University Institute of Maia

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Susana Cristina Araújo Póvoas

Associate professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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University of Maia

Maia, , Portugal

Site Status

Countries

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Portugal

Other Identifiers

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236/2024

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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