Cardiovascular and Muscular Adaptations to Recreational Soccer and Strength Training in Elderly Healthy 65-75-year-old Men
Cardiovascular and Muscular Adaptations to Recreational Soccer and Strength Training in Elderly Healthy 65-75-year-old Men
A one-year intervention study of 41 healthy elderly men aged 65-75-years.Of these, 24
 subjects are untrained men with no regular training activity for the last 5 years. After
 medical screening and pre-testing, they will be randomized into a football group (n=9), a
 strength-training group (n=9) or a sedentary control group (n=6). Additional 17 subjects are
 recruited from local football clubs and have been active football players for the last 40
 years. Training will be performed 3x1 hour per week and evaluation will take place after 0, 3
 and 12 months. Primary endpoints will be changes in cardiac and vascular structure and
 function measured by advanced echocardiography (tissue Doppler and speckle tracking imaging),
 and peripheral arterial tonometry (Endo---PAT device). Secondary endpoints will be evaluation
 of potential changes in VO2 max, blood pressure, muscle capillaries, lipid profile,
 circulating catecholamines, body composition, and insulin resistance.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  65-75 year old men

 -  healthy

 -  non-smoking

 -  non-hypertension

 -  non- cardiac disease

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  smoking

 -  cardiac disease

 -  biomechanical disorders

 -  cardiac medication