Cardiovascular and Muscular Adaptations to Recreational Soccer and Strength Training in Elderly Healthy 65-75-year-old Men

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01530035

Enrollment

Registered

2012-02-09

Start date

2011-03-31

Completion date

2012-11-30

Last updated

2017-05-05

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Conditions

Adaptation Reaction

Keywords

cardiac, vascular, muscular, adaptations, soccer training, strength training

Brief summary

A one-year intervention study of 41 healthy elderly men aged 65-75-years.Of these, 24 subjects are untrained men with no regular training activity for the last 5 years. After medical screening and pre-testing, they will be randomized into a football group (n=9), a strength-training group (n=9) or a sedentary control group (n=6). Additional 17 subjects are recruited from local football clubs and have been active football players for the last 40 years. Training will be performed 3x1 hour per week and evaluation will take place after 0, 3 and 12 months. Primary endpoints will be changes in cardiac and vascular structure and function measured by advanced echocardiography (tissue Doppler and speckle tracking imaging), and peripheral arterial tonometry (Endo---PAT device). Secondary endpoints will be evaluation of potential changes in VO2 max, blood pressure, muscle capillaries, lipid profile, circulating catecholamines, body composition, and insulin resistance.

Interventions

OTHERphysical training

training

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Age

65 Years to 75 Years

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
cardiac adaptations	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)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular adaptations, Bloodpressure and Glucose tolerance	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

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 2, 2026