The effect of 5 years of team sport on elderly males' health and social capital - An interdisciplinary follow-up study
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The effect of 5 years of team sport on elderly males' health and social capital - An interdisciplinary follow-up study. / Pedersen, Mogens Theisen; Nørregaard, Line Boel; Jensen, Tanja Dragsdal; Frederiksen, Amalie S; Ottesen, Laila; Bangsbo, Jens.
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T1 - The effect of 5 years of team sport on elderly males' health and social capital - An interdisciplinary follow-up study
AU - Pedersen, Mogens Theisen
AU - Nørregaard, Line Boel
AU - Jensen, Tanja Dragsdal
AU - Frederiksen, Amalie S
AU - Ottesen, Laila
AU - Bangsbo, Jens
N1 - © 2022 The Authors. Health Science Reports published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Background and Aims: Floorball training induces positive effects on health among untrained older adults. However, the effect of long-term participation (>2 years) in floorball training among elderly males has not been investigated. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of 5 years of floorball training on risk factors for lifestyle diseases, fitness, physical function, and social capital of elderly males and compare to a control group that continued their usual lifestyle.Methods: Twenty-nine recreationally active elderly men aged 75.1 ± 3.3 (mean ± SD; range: 69-81) years with a height, body mass, and body mass index of 1.78 ± 0.06 m, 79.8 ± 10.9 kg, and 25.8 ± 4.1 kg/m2, respectively, volunteered to take part in follow-up investigations about 5 years after participating in a study on the effect of 12 weeks of floorball or petanque training. At the end of the parental study 15 subjects chose to participate in floorball training (floorball group [FG]) whereas 14 subjects (control group [CG]), resumed their usual lifestyle. FG participated in small-sided floorball training 1 h ~1.75 times/week for 5 years in a local sports club.Results: From baseline to 5 years, FG had reduced fat percentage, android, and visceral fat, increased total and leg bone mineral density, leg extension maximal voluntary contraction, maximal walk distance in 6 min and 30 s sit-to-stand repetitions, decreased time for 5 sit-to-stand repetitions and Timed Up and Go (p < 0.05). These changes were all different from less favorable changes in CG (p < 0.05). In FG there was a decline in maximum oxygen uptake which was smaller than the decline in CG (p < 0.05). In addition, FG had developed social capital through the 5 years strengthening their social connectedness and group cohesion.Conclusion: In conclusion, both from a sociological and physiological perspective, small-sided floorball training can be considered a health-promoting activity for older men.
AB - Background and Aims: Floorball training induces positive effects on health among untrained older adults. However, the effect of long-term participation (>2 years) in floorball training among elderly males has not been investigated. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of 5 years of floorball training on risk factors for lifestyle diseases, fitness, physical function, and social capital of elderly males and compare to a control group that continued their usual lifestyle.Methods: Twenty-nine recreationally active elderly men aged 75.1 ± 3.3 (mean ± SD; range: 69-81) years with a height, body mass, and body mass index of 1.78 ± 0.06 m, 79.8 ± 10.9 kg, and 25.8 ± 4.1 kg/m2, respectively, volunteered to take part in follow-up investigations about 5 years after participating in a study on the effect of 12 weeks of floorball or petanque training. At the end of the parental study 15 subjects chose to participate in floorball training (floorball group [FG]) whereas 14 subjects (control group [CG]), resumed their usual lifestyle. FG participated in small-sided floorball training 1 h ~1.75 times/week for 5 years in a local sports club.Results: From baseline to 5 years, FG had reduced fat percentage, android, and visceral fat, increased total and leg bone mineral density, leg extension maximal voluntary contraction, maximal walk distance in 6 min and 30 s sit-to-stand repetitions, decreased time for 5 sit-to-stand repetitions and Timed Up and Go (p < 0.05). These changes were all different from less favorable changes in CG (p < 0.05). In FG there was a decline in maximum oxygen uptake which was smaller than the decline in CG (p < 0.05). In addition, FG had developed social capital through the 5 years strengthening their social connectedness and group cohesion.Conclusion: In conclusion, both from a sociological and physiological perspective, small-sided floorball training can be considered a health-promoting activity for older men.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Floorball
KW - Health
KW - Local sports club
KW - Physical capasity
KW - Social capital
KW - Team sport
KW - Elderly
KW - Older adults
U2 - 10.1002/hsr2.760
DO - 10.1002/hsr2.760
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35949686
VL - 5
JO - Health Science Reports
JF - Health Science Reports
SN - 2398-8835
IS - 5
M1 - e760
ER -
ID: 316393429