Effects of a Short-Term Recreational Team Handball-Based Programme on Physical Fitness and Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health of 33-55-Year-Old Men: A Pilot Study - PubMed (original) (raw)

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. 2018 Oct 3:2018:4109796.

doi: 10.1155/2018/4109796. eCollection 2018.

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Effects of a Short-Term Recreational Team Handball-Based Programme on Physical Fitness and Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health of 33-55-Year-Old Men: A Pilot Study

Susana C A Póvoas et al. Biomed Res Int. 2018.

Abstract

Recreational team handball is an intermittent high-intensity exercise mode with physiological demands in the range of those found to enhance health and physical fitness of sedentary adults. We examined the effects of a short-term team handball-based training programme on physical fitness and metabolic and cardiovascular health of sedentary 33-55-year-old former male team handball players. Twenty-four participants were divided into team handball (THG; _n_=15) and control groups (CG; _n_=9) and evaluated at baseline and postintervention. During 12 weeks, THG performed 2-3 60-min recreational team handball matches weekly (average: 2.2 ± 0.7), and CG maintained an inactive lifestyle. Average heart rate (HR) during matches was 80 ± 7%HRmax, with peak values of 91 ± 6%HRmax. A time-by-group interaction was shown in aerobic performance (_p_=0.016), postural balance (_p_=0.019), maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max) (_p_=0.023), resting HR (p<0.001), high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (_p_=0.048), and fasting blood glucose (_p_=0.052) in favor of THG. THG improved aerobic performance (80%, p<0.001), VO2max (14%, p<0.001), and postural balance (27%, _p_=0.018). Decreases in resting HR (16%, p<0.001) and fasting blood glucose (7%, _p_=0.015) and increases in HDL cholesterol (11%, _p_=0.002) were found in THG. Recreational team handball practice shows positive physical fitness and health-related adaptations, with high attendance, which may contribute to the reduction of the risk of developing lifestyle diseases.

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Yo-Yo intermittent endurance test, level 2 performance (YYIE2, Figure 1(a)) and maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max, Figure 1(b)) at baseline and after 12 weeks of recreational team handball practice (n = 15; team handball group) or a continuation of an inactive lifestyle (n = 9; control group). ∗ means significantly different from baseline (_p_≤0.05); # means significantly different from the control group (_p_≤0.05).

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Systolic (a) and diastolic (b) blood pressure values at baseline and after 12 weeks of recreational team handball practice (n = 15; team handball group) or a continuation of an inactive lifestyle (n = 9; control group). ∗ means significantly different from baseline (_p_≤0.05); # means significantly different from the control group (_p_≤0.05).

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