Effectiveness of a Home-based Telehealth Exercise Program on Adherence and Performance in Handball Players

NCT ID: NCT06900309

Last Updated: 2025-03-28

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

28 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-03-19

Study Completion Date

2025-05-31

Brief Summary

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The objective of this clinical trial is to determine whether Physitrack®, a telerehabilitation platform, improves players' adherence to exercise programs. The secondary objectives are to assess whether its use enhances players' jumping ability (speed, height, flight time) and to evaluate the usability of the Physitrack® application from the players' perspective, considering aspects such as ease of use and user satisfaction.

The main questions this study aims to answer are:

Do exercise programs conducted through an online telemedicine platform achieve good adherence among handball players? Do exercise programs carried out via this telerehabilitation platform improve performance in vertical jumping? Do exercise programs performed using this platform provide good usability and user satisfaction results? To answer these questions, researchers will compare two groups following different exercise programs. The study will analyze whether, in addition to improving adherence, a specific program designed to enhance vertical jumping yields better results compared to a more general exercise program.

Participants:

Will perform a vertical jump test using force plates. Must follow the assigned eight-week exercise program according to randomization.

Will repeat the vertical jump test at the end of the program.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Specific exercise program

8 weeks specific exercise program. Plyomteric exercises

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Specific exercise program

Intervention Type OTHER

An 8-weeks specific exercise program based on lower limb plyomteric exercises

Control

8 weeks general exercise program

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

General exercise program

Intervention Type OTHER

An 8-weeks of general exercise program focused on whole-body exercises

Interventions

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Specific exercise program

An 8-weeks specific exercise program based on lower limb plyomteric exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

General exercise program

An 8-weeks of general exercise program focused on whole-body exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Men over 18 years old who are part of the Móstoles Handball Club team

Exclusion Criteria

* Injured players at the start of the study and players who do not wish to participate
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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CEU San Pablo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Adrian Garcia-Catalan

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

USP CEU University

Locations

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USP CEU University

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Other Identifiers

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CEU-029

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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