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Recreational Team Handball Programme for Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease
Sponsor: University Institute of Maia
Summary
This randomized controlled trial (RCT) aims to evaluate the physical and physiological demands, the feasibility and the health, physical fitness and disease-specific outcomes of a progressive recreational team handball-based programme in patients with lower extremity peripheral arterial disease and intermittent claudication. The primary outcomes will be changes in functional capacity, assessed by the 6-minute walk test. Participants will be randomized to either a 24-week progressive team handball-based intervention or a usual care control group, with assessments performed at baseline, 12 weeks, and 24 weeks post intervention to evaluate health, physical fitness, and disease- specific outcomes.
Official title: RUSH (Rehabilitation Using Sequential Handball): Promoting Health in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease With Intermittent Claudication Through a Progressive Recreational Team Handball-based Programme
Key Details
Gender
MALE
Age Range
60 Years - 80 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
60
Start Date
2026-05-14
Completion Date
2027-07-01
Last Updated
2026-05-13
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Recreational team handball programme
Participants allocated to the intervention group will undertake a 24-week progressive recreational handball programme performed three times per week, with each session lasting 40-60 minutes, under the supervision of qualified sports education graduates and members of the research team. The intervention is divided into two sequential phases to ensure safe progression. During the first 12 weeks, participants will partake in walking handball training sessions, followed by 12 weeks of recreational team handball.
Locations (1)
University of Maia
Maia, Portugal