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Do soccer and Z umba exercise improve fitness and indicators of health among female hospital employees? A 12‐week RCT
Author(s) -
Barene S.,
Krustrup P.,
Jackman S. R.,
Brekke O. L.,
Holtermann A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of medicine and science in sports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.575
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1600-0838
pISSN - 0905-7188
DOI - 10.1111/sms.12138
Subject(s) - medicine , osteocalcin , randomized controlled trial , body mass index , vo2 max , zoology , physical therapy , fat mass , heart rate , blood pressure , biology , biochemistry , alkaline phosphatase , enzyme
This randomized controlled study investigated the effectiveness of soccer and Z umba on fitness and health indicators in female participants recruited from a workplace. One hundred seven hospital employees were cluster‐randomized to either a soccer group ( SG ), Z umba group ( ZG ), or control group ( CG ). Intervention effects for the two training groups were compared with CG . The training was conducted outside working hours as 2–3 1‐h sessions per week for 12 weeks. Peak oxygen uptake ( VO 2peak ), fat percentage, fat mass, bone mineral content, and plasma osteocalcin were measured before and after the intervention period. Based on intention‐to‐treat‐analyses, SG significantly improved the VO 2peak relative to body mass (5%; P = 0.02) and decreased heart rate during 100‐W cycle exercise (−7 bpm; P = 0.01), total body fat percentage (−1.1%; P = 0.002), and total body fat mass (−1.0 kg; P = 0.001) compared with CG . ZG significantly improved the VO 2peak relative to body mass (5%; P = 0.03) and decreased total fat mass (−0.6 kg; P < 0.05) compared with CG . Plasma osteocalcin increased in SG (21%; P < 0.001) and ZG (10%; P = 0.01) compared with CG . The present study indicates that workplace initiated short‐term soccer training as well as Z umba outside working hours may result in fitness and modest health benefits among female hospital employees.