Physical and Physiological Demands of Different Recreational Team Handball and Walking Modalitiesmodalities

Physical and Physiological Demands, and Perceived Experience Across Different Recreational Team Handball and Walking Exercise Modalities

This study aims to determine the physical and physiological demands and perceived experience during different recreational team handball and walking exercise modalities.

Secondary purposes are:

i) To compare the cardiovascular and blood lactate responses to self-paced walking (W), brisk walking (BW), recreational walking team handball (WTH), and recreational running team handball (RTH); ii) To compare the perceived experience (Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) and Fun levels (FUN)) during self-paced walking (W), brisk walking (BW), recreational walking team handball (WTH), and recreational running team handball (RTH); iii) To compare the activity profile during self-paced walking (W), brisk walking (BW), recreational walking team handball (WTH), and recreational running team handball (RTH);

Statistical analysis:

Linear mixed-effects model accounting for repeated measures within the participants, will be used to compare the working demands and perceived experience during the selected exercise modalities. This model will consider the exercise modalities and group as fixed effects and the participants ID as a random effect.

Significance level will be set at 5%, and confidence intervals will be reported for all comparisons.

Randomization:

Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups due to logistical constraints. Each group will then perform 2 randomly assigned sequences of 4 exercise modalities (i.e., W, BW, WH, RH).

Inclusion Criteria:

• Males with 50-82 years
• Previous recreational team handball experience( at least 3 months)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Had any sort of limitation that prevented them from running or gripping a team handball ball
• Had medical contradictions to partake in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity