The Effect of Floorball on Health and Performance in Subjects With Lifestyle Diseases

University of Copenhagen

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Type2 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases

Treatments: Behavioral: Floorball

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03372005

Floorball

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate the effect of floorball on health and performance in subjects with either type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular diseases.

Enrollment: 500 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
• Diagnosed with a cardiovascular disease (bp >140/90mmHg)
• Physical activity <2 hours pr. week.
• Not participating in any regular physical activity the last 2 years

Exclusion criteria

• age <18 years
• Injuries that prevent the subject from playing floorball
• Type 1 diabetics
• Alcohol >14 units pr. week.
• Pregnancy
• Participation in other scientific studies
• Abuse of illegal drugs
• other known serious diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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500 participants in 2 patient groups

Floorball

Experimental group

Description:

The subjects in this group are set to play floorball three times pr. week for 39 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Floorball

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

This group functions as a control group, that will continue the normal lifestyle throughout the study.