Effects of Heavy-load Resistance Training

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Resistance Training on Lower Limb Mechanical Muscle Function and Sports Specific Performance in Elite Female Team Handball Players

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06356935
• Other study ID #: HP2024
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 17, 2023
• Est. completion date: August 3, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: University of Southern Denmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study aims to investigate effects of 8-weeks of heavy-load resistance training on mechanical muscle function and functional performance in elite female team handball players from the Danish Women's Handball League. Players will be randomly assigned to either a resistance training group (RT) or serves as training-as-usual controls (CON).

Description:

The study aims to examine how an eight-week heavy-load resistance training regimen affects both mechanical muscle function and functional performance in elite female team handball players. Given the sport's demands for rapid and forceful muscle actions, understanding the impact of such training on functional performance is crucial.

Players from four clubs in the Danish Women's Handball League, will be randomly block randomized (one block=one club) into two groups: the heavy-load resistance training group (RT), and the control group (CON). Each group contains players from 2 clubs. The study will conduct a battery of tests to evaluate various aspects of mechanical muscle function and performance, including isometric knee extensor and flexor peak torque, countermovement jump (CMJ) power/work, and functional measures like sprinting, jump height, and agility performance.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: August 3, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: August 3, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Playing in the Danish Women's Handball League.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Absent from team handball training for more than two weeks due to injuries, within the six months preceding PRE-testing.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy

Intervention

Other:
• RT
Resistance training
• CON
Control group

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	University of Southern Denmark	Odense

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Southern Denmark	Team Denmark

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Explosive muscle strength	Rate of torque development - (Nm/s)/kg	Eight week off-season
Primary	Acceleration capacity	Sprint performance - seconds	Eight week off-season
Primary	Agility performance	Game-based agility performance - seconds	Eight week off-season
Primary	Jump ability	Countermovement jump height - cm	Eight week off-season