Effects of Heavy-load Resistance Training

April 4, 2024 updated by: University of Southern Denmark

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

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).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed 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.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

60

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Denmark
      • Odense, Denmark, 5230
        • University of Southern Denmark

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

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.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Resistance training
Assigned to heavy-load undulating resistance training.
Other: RT
Resistance training
Active Comparator: Control
Training-as-usual off-season strength and conditioning training, programs provided by respective clubs
Other: CON
Control group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Southern Denmark

Collaborators

Team Denmark

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Bjørn Fristrup, MSc, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 17, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 3, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

August 3, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 26, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 4, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

April 10, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 10, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 4, 2024

Last Verified

April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • HP2024

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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