Effects of small-sided recreational team handball training on mechanical muscle function, body composition and bone mineralization in untrained young adults—A randomized controlled trial

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Title:	Effects of small-sided recreational team handball training on mechanical muscle function, body composition and bone mineralization in untrained young adults—A randomized controlled trial
Authors:	Bjørn Fristrup, Peter Krustrup, Jesper L. Andersen, Therese Hornstrup, Frederik T. Løwenstein, Mikkel A. Larsen, Jørn W. Helge, Susana C. A. Póvoas, Per Aagaard, Cameron J. Mitchell
Source:	PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 11 (2020)
Publisher Information:	Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020.
Publication Year:	2020
Collection:	LCC:Medicine LCC:Science
Subject Terms:	Medicine, Science
More Details:	Prolonged physical inactivity in young adults may lead to deficiencies in musculoskeletal fitness, and thus a need exists to develop physical activity and exercise programmes that are effective of increasing musculoskeletal fitness. The aim of this study, therefore, was to investigate the effects of small-sided team handball training on lower limb muscle strength, postural balance and body composition in young adults. Twenty-six men and twenty-eight women were stratified for peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak) and body fat percentage and randomly allocated to either 12 wks of small-sided recreational team handball training (THG: 14 men and 14 women, age 24.1±2.6 yrs (mean±SD), VO2peak 39.8±5.9 ml/kg/min and body fat percentage 32.7±8.7%) or serving as non-exercising controls (CON: 12 men and 14 women, age 24.8±3.1 yrs, VO2peak 39.7±5.0 ml/kg/min, body fat percentage 31.7±9.7%). THG trained on average 1.8 times/week for 12 wks. At 0 and 12 wks, lower limb muscle strength, rate of force development (RFD), vertical jump height and power, postural balance, body composition and muscle biopsies were assessed. No training effects were observed for maximal isokinetic or isometric knee extensor strength, maximal vertical jump height or take-off power, fibre type distribution or capillarization. Late phase (RFD) increased (+7.4%, p0.05). Further, THG demonstrated a decrease in body fat percentage (-3.7%) accompanied by increases in whole-body fat free mass (FFM) (+2.2%), leg FFM (+2.5%), total bone mineral content (BMC) (+1.1%), leg BMC (+1.2%), total hip bone mineral density (+1.6%) and hip T-score (+50%) which differed from CON (all p
Document Type:	article
File Description:	electronic resource
Language:	English
ISSN:	1932-6203
Relation:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7673568/?tool=EBI; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
Access URL:	https://doaj.org/article/45d8189ade5143949665ab10bcb338b8
Accession Number:	edsdoj.45d8189ade5143949665ab10bcb338b8
Database:	Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:	19326203
Published in:	PLoS ONE
Language:	English