Cardiovascular and Muscular Adaptations to Recreational Soccer and Strength Training in Elderly Healthy 65-75-year-old Men
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01530035 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : February 9, 2012
Last Update Posted : May 5, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Adaptation Reaction | Other: physical training | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 41 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Cardiovascular and Muscular Adaptations to Recreational Soccer and Strength Training in Elderly Healthy 65-75-year-old Men |
Study Start Date : | March 2011 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 2012 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | November 2012 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: soccer training intervention |
Other: physical training
training |
strength training intervention |
Other: physical training
training |
No Intervention: control group
elderly men with no change in daily activities
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No Intervention: active soccer control group
veteran soccer players with a 40 year history of continues soccer playing
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- cardiac adaptations [ Time Frame: after 16 weeks and one year ]changes in cardiac function after 16 weeks and one year measured by advanced echocardiography (tissue Doppler and speckle tracking imaging)
- Cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular adaptations, Bloodpressure and Glucose tolerance [ Time Frame: after 16 weeks and one year ]
Improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness assessed with VO2 max treadmill testing.
Changes in muscular tissue with biopsies from the vastus lateralis muscle. Changes in resting blood pressure in incline postion Changes in glucose tolerance with oral glucose tolerance testing

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 65 Years to 75 Years (Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- 65-75 year old men
- healthy
- non-smoking
- non-hypertension
- non- cardiac disease
Exclusion Criteria:
- smoking
- cardiac disease
- biomechanical disorders
- cardiac medication

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01530035
Denmark | |
Institute of exercise and sports sciences, university of Copenhagen | |
Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100 |
Study Chair: | Jens Bangsbo, professor | Institute of exercise and sports sciences, university of copenhagen Denmark |
Responsible Party: | Jakob Friis Schmidt, MD PhD student, University of Copenhagen |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01530035 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
H-1-2011-013 |
First Posted: | February 9, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 5, 2017 |
Last Verified: | May 2017 |
cardiac vascular muscular |
adaptations soccer training strength training |