The Effects of Newcomball Training on Physical Fitness and Mood State of Middle Age Women in Israel

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Behavioral: physical fitness tests

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02307357

0056-14

Details and patient eligibility

About

Habitual physical activity was found to be positively related to better health and well-being. One of the most popular physical activity forms is ball games. In Israel, there is a growing popularity in a new ball game - Newcomball - which is being played by many middle age, non-athlete, women. However, so far, no study had evaluated the contribution of the game to improvement in the participants' physical fitness. The aim of this study, therefore, is to evaluate the effects of six month two weekly Newcomball training sessions to the physical fitness of middle age women.

Full description

Physical fitness will be evaluated by six different physical tests: 1. agility T test, 2. "shuttle run" test for aerobic capacity, 3. vertical jump, 4. power ball throw, 5. "sit and reach" flexibility test , 6. 20 m all-out run speed test.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 28 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy adults women

Exclusion criteria

non healthy, using drugs, competitive athletes women-

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

newcomball players

Experimental group

Description:

active newcomball women players will perform physical fitness tests

Treatment:

Behavioral: physical fitness tests

control

Experimental group

Description:

not physically active women will perform physical fitness tests

Treatment:

Behavioral: physical fitness tests