Do soccer and Zumba exercise improve fitness and indicators of health among female hospital employees? A 12-week RCT

TY - JOUR

T1 - Do soccer and Zumba exercise improve fitness and indicators of health among female hospital employees?

T2 - A 12-week RCT

AU - Barene, S

AU - Krustrup, Peter

AU - Jackman, S R

AU - Brekke, O L

AU - Holtermann, Andreas

N1 - CURIS 2014 NEXS 357

PY - 2014/12/1

Y1 - 2014/12/1

N2 - This randomized controlled study investigated the effectiveness of soccer and Zumba 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), Zumba 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 (VO2peak), 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 VO2peak relative to body mass (5%; P=0.02) and decreased heart rate during 100-W cycle exercise (-7bpm; P=0.01), total body fat percentage (-1.1%; P=0.002), and total body fat mass (-1.0kg; P=0.001) compared with CG. ZG significantly improved the VO2peak relative to body mass (5%; P=0.03) and decreased total fat mass (-0.6kg; 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 Zumba outside working hours may result in fitness and modest health benefits among female hospital employees.

AB - This randomized controlled study investigated the effectiveness of soccer and Zumba 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), Zumba 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 (VO2peak), 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 VO2peak relative to body mass (5%; P=0.02) and decreased heart rate during 100-W cycle exercise (-7bpm; P=0.01), total body fat percentage (-1.1%; P=0.002), and total body fat mass (-1.0kg; P=0.001) compared with CG. ZG significantly improved the VO2peak relative to body mass (5%; P=0.03) and decreased total fat mass (-0.6kg; 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 Zumba outside working hours may result in fitness and modest health benefits among female hospital employees.

U2 - 10.1111/sms.12138

DO - 10.1111/sms.12138

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 24151956

SN - 0905-7188

VL - 24

SP - 990

EP - 999

JO - Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports

JF - Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports

IS - 6

ER -