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Cardiovascular and metabolic health effects of team handball training in overweight women: Impact of prior experience.
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Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports [Scand J Med Sci Sports] 2020 Feb; Vol. 30 (2), pp. 281-294. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Nov 07. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Purpose: We tested the hypothesis that participation in small-sided team handball training could provide beneficial effects on cardiovascular and metabolic parameters in overweight premenopausal women with special focus on the importance of prior team handball experience.<br />Methods: A 16-week RCT training intervention was conducted in overweight premenopausal women randomized into three groups: a team handball training group without prior experience (UN; n = 13), a team handball group with prior experience (EXP; n = 10), and an inactive control group (CON; n = 9). Both UN and EXP completed 1.6 ± 0.3 training sessions per week with average heart rates of 84 ± 5 and 85 ± 9% of maximal heart rate, respectively. Cardiovascular and metabolic parameters were assessed before and after the intervention.<br />Results: Compared to CON, UN had significant increases in VO <subscript>2max</subscript>  (7 ± 4%) and intermittent endurance performance (26 ± 14%) as well as reduced total fat mass (4 ± 6%), total fat percentage (4 ± 5%), and android fat mass (7 ± 12%), respectively (all P < .05). Compared to UN and CON, EXP displayed increased left ventricular mass and left ventricular mass index (both P < .05) after the training period. There were no significant changes between any of the groups in muscle mass, blood lipids, resting heart rate, and blood pressure (all P > .05).<br />Conclusion: Small-sided team handball training in overweight premenopausal women resulted in improvement of VO <subscript>2max</subscript> and body composition for participants with minimal team handball experience, indicating that prior team handball experience is not a prerequisite for improving physiological parameters of importance for health. Furthermore, EXP displayed cardiac adaptations, including increased left ventricular mass and left ventricular mass index.<br /> (© 2019 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1600-0838
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31596971
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.13563