Blake Henry T, Stenner Brad J, Buckley Jonathan David, Crozier Alyson J
Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. 2021 Aug 5;7(3):e001140. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001140. eCollection 2021.
Physical activity promotes physical, psychological and social health. Despite this, almost half of middle-aged (35-54 years) Australian men are insufficiently active. Exercise adherence is increased with social interaction in a group setting. Team sport can leverage the power of groups and has shown to be more intrinsically motivating than discrete exercise modes. Evaluation of the effect of team sport compared with traditional group exercise on health, particularly psychological and social health, and physical activity levels of middle-aged men is limited. This study aims to compare the effects of team sport participation and group circuit training on physical activity levels and health in insufficiently active middle-aged men.
In this parallel randomised controlled trial, n128 men aged 35-54 years will complete a 12-week team sport or group circuit exercise programme. Participants must self-report to not be meeting Australian physical activity guidelines or participating in team sport before recruitment. Health-related quality of life, exercise motivation, psychological needs satisfaction, sleep and physical activity levels (accelerometry), blood lipids, glucose and metabolic syndrome risk score will be assessed at baseline, end of the programme and 12 weeks follow-up. Linear mixed effect models will be used.
The study has received ethical approval from the University of South Australia's Human Research Ethics Committee (Ethics Protocol 203274). Study results will be disseminated via publication in disciplinary-specific journals, conference presentations, and as part of a Doctoral thesis.
ANCTRN12621000483853.
体育活动可促进身体、心理和社会健康。尽管如此，近一半的澳大利亚中年男性（35 - 54岁）活动量不足。在群体环境中进行社交互动可提高运动坚持性。团队运动能够借助群体的力量，并且已证明比单独的运动方式更具内在激励性。与传统的集体运动相比，团队运动对中年男性健康，尤其是心理和社会健康以及身体活动水平影响的评估较为有限。本研究旨在比较团队运动参与和团体循环训练对活动量不足的中年男性身体活动水平和健康状况的影响。
在这项平行随机对照试验中，128名年龄在35 - 54岁之间的男性将完成一项为期12周的团队运动或团体循环训练计划。参与者在招募前必须自我报告未达到澳大利亚身体活动指南要求或未参加团队运动。将在基线、计划结束时和随访12周时评估与健康相关的生活质量、运动动机、心理需求满足情况、睡眠和身体活动水平（加速度计测量）、血脂、血糖和代谢综合征风险评分。将使用线性混合效应模型。
本研究已获得南澳大利亚大学人类研究伦理委员会的伦理批准（伦理协议203274）。研究结果将通过在专业期刊上发表、会议报告以及作为博士论文的一部分进行传播。
ANCTRN12621000483853。
