Effects of Capoeira on the Physical and Psychological Performance of Adults

Effects of Capoeira Training on Physical Performance and Psychological Aspects Performance of Adults: a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Regular physical activity (PA) promotes benefits for both physical and mental health. Among the numerous PA's with a collective nature that can add to the existing recommendations, combat sports training interventions are viable alternatives since they integrate benefits in different aspects for health. In this way, capoeira can be a strategy for the prescription of exercise, aiming to serve participants collectively and maintaining the adherence of this practitioner to the intervention. However, little is known about this issue. So, the aim of the present study is to verify the effect of 12 weeks of capoeira training on the physical performance and psychological aspects of previously physically inactive adults.

Study Overview

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Conditions: Training; Mental Health; Physical Fitness
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: CAPOEIRA TRAINING; Other: CONTROL GROUP

Detailed Description

The study will be conducted as a controlled, randomized, two-group parallel and superiority clinical trial with a 1:1 allocation ratio. The sample will be divided into two groups: 1) capoeira training group (n = 76; GCAP) and 2) control group (n = 76; GCONT). Participants aged between 18 and 59 years, classified as irregularly active A by the international physical activity questionnaire, who are not engaged in training programs and are not former athletes, will be eligible. Smokers and patients with respiratory or cardiovascular diseases will be excluded from the sample. Anamnesis and anthropometric evaluation will initially be performed. To evaluate the physical aspects, specific tests will be applied to determine aerobic and anaerobic fitness, strength and power of lower limbs, balance, motor coordination and questionnaires will be applied to verify the psychological aspects, such as emotional intelligence, motivation and quality of life. The descriptive analysis of the outcomes will be reported. The normality of the data will be checked by visual inspection of the Q-Q plot and statistically tested by the Shapiro-Wilk test. Two-way ANOVA for repeated measures will be employed to verify the time*group interaction. The effect size (ES) of the intervention on dependent variables will be calculated and the difference between the ES and its respective 95% confidence interval will be calculated to estimate the magnitude of the response in the intervention. The alpha adopted will be 5% and the software used for data analysis will be Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences 25.0.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 42
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Brazil
  • Pernambuco
    • Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil, 56300000
      • UNIVASF

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Classified as "irregularly active A" by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire;
• Do not be engaged and/or have participated in the last two months of any physical training program;
• Do not be former athletes;
• Do not be a smoker or suffering from respiratory or cardiovascular diseases.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Do not have musculoskeletal problems during the program that make it impossible to participate;
• Do not participating in at least 80% of the training sessions during the intervention.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Triple

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: CAPOEIRA GROUP; The training program will be conducted over 12 weeks with two weekly sessions. Each session will last 60 minutes and will be divided into three parts: 1) initial part: execution of stretches and low-intensity actions with specific movements of capoeira; 2) main part: realization of the training program the schedule present in Table 1 for the learning of attacks, dodges and acrobatic movements or flourishes and; 3) Final part: in a self-selected way in the capoeira roda, the participant will develop the previously learned movements.	Other: CAPOEIRA TRAINING; The protocol of the capoeira training program and the movements (blows, dodges and flourishes) will be based on the Capoeira Abadá method.
Active Comparator: CONTROL GROUP; The CONTROL GROUP will be conducted over 12 weeks with two weekly sessions. Each session will last 60 minutes and will be divided into three parts: 1) initial part: execution of stretches and low-intensity actions with specific movements of capoeira; 2) main part: continuation with execution of stretches and low-intensity actions with specific movements of capoeira and; 3) Final part: in a self-selected way in the capoeira roda, the participant will develop the previously learned movements.	Other: CONTROL GROUP; The protocol of the control group will be based on an intervention with capoeira movements, however, without important cardiovascular, neuromuscular and metabolic demands, being an activity with stretching movements from positions of the capoeira modality itself.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change from baseline in aerobic fitness (maximal oxygen uptake and anaerobic threshold) at week 12	The maximal oxygen uptake and anaerobic threshold are valid indicators for assessing aerobic fitness	Baseline and week 12
Change from baseline in anaerobic fitness (Peak, average and minimum power in the Wingate test) at week 12	The Peak, average and minimum power in the Wingate test are valid indicators for assessing anaerobic fitness	Baseline and week 12
Change from baseline in muscle strength (Horizontal Leg Press) at week 12	The methods and procedures are valid indicators for assessing muscle strength	Baseline and week 12
Change from baseline in muscle power (Vertical Jump Tests from Squat Jump and Counter Movement Jump) on force platform at week 12	The methods and procedures are valid indicators for assessing muscle power	Baseline and week 12
Change from baseline in balance (Center of Pressure) on force platform at week 12	The methods and procedures are valid indicators for assessing balance	Baseline and week 12
Change from baseline in motor coordination (Test of Gross Motor Development) at week 12	The methods and procedures are valid indicators for assessing motor coordination	Baseline and week 12
Change from baseline in Emotional Intelligence to sport (Likert-type scales with 26 items) at week 12	The methods and procedures are valid indicators for assessing Emotional Intelligence with changes 26 (worst) to 130 (better) points	Baseline and week 12
Change from baseline in Motivation for Sport II (Likert-type scales with 18 items) at week 12	The methods and procedures are valid indicators for assessing Motivation for Sport with changes 1 (worst) to 7 (better) points	Baseline and week 12
Change from baseline in Quality of life measuring by Questionnaire of Word Health Organization (WHOQOL-bref) at week 12	The procedures are valid indicators for assessing Quality of life (26 questions divided into four domains - physical, social, psychological, and environmental) with changes 1 (worst) to 100 (better) points	Baseline and week 12

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universidade Federal do vale do São Francisco

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): April 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 15, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 13, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 15, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 22, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): March 29, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 29, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 22, 2024
• Last Verified: March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Physical fitness; Combat sports; Brazilian martial art
• Other Study ID Numbers: Ethics Approval: n. 6.683.936

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No