Clinical trial NCT06477705: The Energy Cost of 1-Hour Football Training
Official title: Energy Expenditure Induced by Football Training in Overweight Middle-aged Males
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Energy Expenditure
Body Composition
Resting Metabolic Rate
Overweight and Obesity
Keywords: Football training
Energy Expenditure
Oxygen consumption
Blood lactate
Metabolic Syndrome
Lead sponsor: University of Thessaly
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-06-27
Enrollment: 20
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 40
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: This study aims at investigating the energy expenditure following a single Football trainning session in middle aged males. The participants will perform a soccer training session \[A single training session including 60 minutes of warm up, soccer technical exercises and small-sided game\] and a cotrol trial (No intervention included, only daily measurements) in randomized, repeated measures, crossover design.

Detailed description: Football is an intermittent sport with frequent activity changes and a high number of explosive movements. As a result, both mitochondrial and the non-mitochondrial energy sources (phosphagens, lactic acid system) are heavily utilized during football practice and games, which may contribute to the rise of oxygen consumption following exercise (EPOC) compared with cardiovascular-type exercise, where VO2 can reach a steady state.However, it is observed that there is a methodological limitation in the determination of total energy expenditure during and after football training and specifically in overwight middle-aged participans with metabolic syndrome.

Twenty overweight middle-aged males with mtabolic syndrome will perform a soccer training session \[A single training session including 60 minutes of warm up, soccer technical exercises and small-sided game\] and a cotrol trial (No intervention included, only daily measurements) in randomized, repeated measures, crossover design. Anthropometric, biochmeistry indicators, metabolic, blood pressure, physical activity and performance measurements will be measured at baseline. Global positoning system and accelerometry devices will be used to measure the distance and intensity of football trianing. The metabolic cost will be estimated from heart rate, blood lactate, resting oxygen uptake, exercise oxygen uptake, and excess post-exercise oxygen consumption measurements using a portable gas analyzer.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Free of musculoskeletal injuries
* No use of ergogenic supplements or medication
* Free of chronic diseases
* age of 40-60 years
* BMI\>25
* Metabolic syndrome

Exclusion Criteria:

* Musculoskeletal injury
* Use of alcohol, caffeine and any type of ergogenic supplements or medication during the course of the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in exercise-induced energy expenditure
timeFrame: At pre-exercise, during, and post-exercise session (single bout lasting 60 minutes)
measure: Change in excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC)
timeFrame: At post-exercise session (single bout lasting 60 minutes)
measure: Change in blood lactate concentration (BLa)
timeFrame: At pre- and post-exercise session (single bout) at 3 minutes post-exercise
measure: Change in heart rate
timeFrame: At pre-exercise, during, and post-exercise session (single bout lasting 60 minutes)
measure: Change in perceived exertion
timeFrame: At pre-exercise and post-exercise session (single bout lasting 60 minutes)
measure: Respiratory Exchange Ratio (RER)
timeFrame: At pre-exercise, during, and post-exercise session (single bout lasting 60 minutes)
measure: Breath Frequency (BF)
timeFrame: At pre-exercise, during, and post-exercise session (single bout lasting 60 minutes)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Body weight
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: Body height
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: Body mass index (BMI)
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: Waist circumference (WC)
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: Hip circumference (HC)
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: Resting metabolic rate (RMR)
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: Body fat (BF)
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: Fat mass (FM)
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: Fat-free mass (FFM)
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: Bone mass density
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: Bone mass content
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: Peak Maximal oxygen consumption (Peak VO2)
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: Dietary intake
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: Field activity during the soccer training
timeFrame: [Time Frame: During the 60 minutes soccer training (ST) session (72 hours after baseline measurements)
measure: Systolic Blood Pressure
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: Dystolic Blood Pressure
timeFrame: At baseline
measure: Rest Heart Rate
timeFrame: At baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Trikala
country: Greece
facility: Laboratory of Exercise Physiology, Exercise Biochemistry and Sports Nutrition, School of Physical Education, Sports Sciences and Dietetics, University of Thessaly
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Thessaly
name: Ioannis G Fatouros
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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