Recreational Football for Young-to-middle-aged Inactive Men

Summary

The aim of this study was to examine the health and physical fitness effects of 12 weeks of recreational football in inactive 30-50-year-old men. This was a two-arm, parallel-group randomized controlled trial with a 1:2 allocation ratio to either a control group, which was informed to maintain their inactive lifestyle, or an intervention group, which completed a 12-week recreational football-based exercise programme. Health and physical fitness assessments were performed at baseline and post-intervention (12 weeks) and selected training sessions throughout the intervention were monitored for internal and external load markers.

Conditions

• Inactive 30-50-year-old Men

Interventions

OTHER

Experimental: Intervention group

Participants allocated to the intervention group undertook a 12-week recreational football-based exercise programme performed 2-3 times per week, with each session lasting 60 minutes, under the supervision of sports education graduates and the research team.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Danish Football Association, Denmark

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Maia, Portugal

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, CIAFEL, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development, CIDESD, Portugal

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Football Club of Porto, Portugal

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Southern Denmark

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Susana Póvoas, PhD · University of Maia

• Peter Krustrup, PhD · University of Southern Denmark

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

30 Years

Max Age

50 Years

Sex

MALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-01-01

Primary Completion

2017-07-31

Completion

2018-07-31