Clinical trial NCT06900309: Effectiveness of a Home-based Telehealth Exercise Program on Adherence and Performance in Handball Players
Official title: Effectiveness of a Home-based Telehealth Exercise Program Using the Physitrack App on Adherence and Performance in Handball Players: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Healthy
Keywords: Handball players performance
Lead sponsor: CEU San Pablo University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-03-28
Enrollment: 28
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: 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.


Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Percentage of adherence to the exercise program
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of the program at 8 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Madrid
country: Spain
facility: USP CEU University
Study officials:
affiliation: USP CEU University
name: Adrian Garcia-Catalan
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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