Energy Expenditure in Golf

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy
• Interventions: Other: EE Golf

• Registration Number: NCT04496323
• Lead Sponsor: Hannover Medical School

Brief Summary

Structured exercise and physical activity are well known to not only improve physical fitness, but also alter various health parameters in a positive fashion. To yield health benefits, exercises need to meet certain characteristics e. g. specific levels of intensity or duration.To evaluate intensity levels and therefor possible improvements in physical conditioning in golf the investigators conducted this study with two groups of each 10 subjects. The groups differed in age and skill level (handicap, hcp). Each group went through a exercise session on the driving range (DR) and a 9-hole compeition round of golf. The investigators assessed spirometrical data (breath-by-breath) to evaluate energy expenditure (EE) and intensity levels of physical activity according to the ACSM guidelines.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2016-11-30
• Study Completion: 2016-11-30
• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-07-31
• Study First Posted: 2020-08-03
• Status Verified: 2023-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-09-19
• Last Update Posted: 2023-09-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• male
• age 18 to 45 y
• Body-Mass-Index: under 30 kg/m2
• Handicapclasses 1,2 und 4
• healthy

Exclusion Criteria

• contraindication (orthopaedic, cardiologic, etc.) to participating in physical exhausting force and endurance testing and playing golf
• acute or chronical inflammation
• intake of drugs and medication

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
LOW	EE Golf	Golf Skill level high, handicap below 11.5
HIGH	EE Golf	Golf Skill level low, handicap 18.5 - 26.4

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Metabolic Äquivalent of Task (MET)	90 minutes	1 MET = 3.5 mL of oxygen per kilogram bodyweight per minute

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percent Heart Rate	90 minutes	Heartrate in in relation to maximum heartrate
Duration of Intensity levels in METs	90 minutes	Relative time spent in intensity levels
Percent VO2	90 minutes	oxygen uptake in relation maximum oxygen uptake (VO2peak)