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

University Institute of Maia

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Elderly; Physiological Demands

Treatments: Other: Recreational walking team handball (WTH) training sessions; Other: Recreational running team handball (RTH) training sessions; Other: Brisk walking (BW) training sessions; Other: Self-paced Walking (W) training sessions

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07011290

236/2024

Details and patient eligibility

About

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);

Full 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).

Enrollment: 23 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 50 to 82 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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23 participants in 4 patient groups

Self-paced walking (W)

Other group

Description:

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

Treatment:

Other: Self-paced Walking (W) training sessions

Brisk walking (BW)

Other group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Other: Brisk walking (BW) training sessions

Recreational running team handball (RTH)

Other group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Other: Recreational running team handball (RTH) training sessions

Recreational walking team handball (WTH)

Other group

Description:

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).

Treatment:

Other: Recreational walking team handball (WTH) training sessions