The Energy Cost of 1-Hour Football Training (FAM)

University of Thessaly

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Overweight and Obesity; Resting Metabolic Rate; Energy Expenditure; Body Composition

Treatments: Other: FAM

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06477705

FAM_EE

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims at investigating the energy expenditure following a single Football trainning session in middle aged males. The participants will perform a soccer training session [A single training session including 60 minutes of warm up, soccer technical exercises and small-sided game] and a cotrol trial (No intervention included, only daily measurements) in randomized, repeated measures, crossover design.

Full description

Football is an intermittent sport with frequent activity changes and a high number of explosive movements. As a result, both mitochondrial and the non-mitochondrial energy sources (phosphagens, lactic acid system) are heavily utilized during football practice and games, which may contribute to the rise of oxygen consumption following exercise (EPOC) compared with cardiovascular-type exercise, where VO2 can reach a steady state.However, it is observed that there is a methodological limitation in the determination of total energy expenditure during and after football training and specifically in overwight middle-aged participans with metabolic syndrome.

Twenty overweight middle-aged males with mtabolic syndrome will perform a soccer training session [A single training session including 60 minutes of warm up, soccer technical exercises and small-sided game] and a cotrol trial (No intervention included, only daily measurements) in randomized, repeated measures, crossover design. Anthropometric, biochmeistry indicators, metabolic, blood pressure, physical activity and performance measurements will be measured at baseline. Global positoning system and accelerometry devices will be used to measure the distance and intensity of football trianing. The metabolic cost will be estimated from heart rate, blood lactate, resting oxygen uptake, exercise oxygen uptake, and excess post-exercise oxygen consumption measurements using a portable gas analyzer.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 40 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Free of musculoskeletal injuries
• No use of ergogenic supplements or medication
• Free of chronic diseases
• age of 40-60 years
• BMI>25
• Metabolic syndrome

Exclusion criteria

• Musculoskeletal injury
• Use of alcohol, caffeine and any type of ergogenic supplements or medication during the course of the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in this arm will receive no intervention

Recreational Football Training

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this arm will participate in a football training session for 60 minutes. During the training the participans will execute the warm-up process, the part of soccer technical exercises and they will play a small-side-game.

Treatment:

Other: FAM