Effect of Floorball on Healthy Subjects

• Sponsor: University of Copenhagen (Other)
• Overall Status: Unknown status
• CT.gov ID: NCT03371238
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 500
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Anticipated Duration (Months): 32.6
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 15.4

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

To investigate the effect of floorball on health and performance in healthy subjects over 65 years.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Aging Problems	Behavioral: Floorball	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Anticipated Enrollment: 500 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Official Title: The Effect of Floorball on Health and Performance Parameters in Healthy Seniors
• Actual Study Start Date: Sep 14, 2017
• Actual Primary Completion Date: May 27, 2019
• Anticipated Study Completion Date: Jun 1, 2020

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Floorball	Behavioral: Floorball; The subjects in this group are set to play floorball three times pr. week for 39 weeks.
No Intervention: Control

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Echocardiogram [Changes from baseline measured after 12 weeks and 39 weeks]

   The measure of the hearts geometric dimensions

2. Bodycomposition [Changes from baseline measured after 12 weeks and 39 weeks]

   DXA scan

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 65 Years to 85 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy

• age 65-85

• physical activity <2 hours pr. week.

Exclusion Criteria:

• age <18 years

• Injuries that prevent the subject from playing floorball

• Alcohol >14 units pr. week.

• Pregnancy

• Other serious conditions

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	August Krogh Building	Copenhagen		Denmark

Sponsors and Collaborators

• University of Copenhagen

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Morten Hostrup, PhD, PhD, University of Copenhagen
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03371238
• Other Study ID Numbers: MFloorball
• First Posted: Dec 13, 2017
• Last Update Posted: May 29, 2019
• Last Verified: May 1, 2019

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No

Study Results

No Results Posted as of May 29, 2019