HealthyNCT06900309
Effectiveness of a Home-based Telehealth Exercise Program on Adherence and Performance in Handball Players
A study testing Specific exercise program and General exercise program in people with Healthy, run by CEU San Pablo University at 1 site in Spain.
Trial 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… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older, men onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Healthy
- What is being tested?
- Specific exercise program and General exercise program
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 28 participants
- Where
- 1 siteSpain
- Study dates
- 19 Mar 2025to 30 May 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- Men only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Men over 18 years old who are part of the Móstoles Handball Club team
Who cannot join
- Injured players at the start of the study and players who do not wish to participate
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
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
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:
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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.
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Being tested
- Specific exercise program, General exercise program
- Keywords
- Handball players performance
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Specific exercise programOther
An 8-weeks specific exercise program based on lower limb plyomteric exercises
General exercise programOther
An 8-weeks of general exercise program focused on whole-body exercises
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Specific exercise program | Experimental | 8 weeks specific exercise program. Plyomteric exercises Receives: Other: Specific exercise program |
| Control | Active comparator | 8 weeks general exercise program Receives: Other: General exercise program |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Percentage of adherence to the exercise program
Level of participation in the home exercise program through the Physitrack tele-rehabilitation platform measured as a percentage of program adherence
Measured: From enrollment to the end of the program at 8 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted28 Mar 2025
- Study start19 Mar 2025
- Primary completion30 Apr 2025
- Study completion30 May 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (12)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for HealthyStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 28 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- CEU San Pablo University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Adrian Garcia-Catalan, Study director, USP CEU University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06900309
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- CEU-029
- Status last verified
- Mar 2025
- First submitted
- 21 Mar 2025
- Last updated
- 28 Jan 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: All IPD that underlie results in a publication
Publications
Balsalobre-Fernandez C, Varela-Olalla D. The Validity and Reliability of the My Jump Lab App for the Measurement of Vertical Jump Performance Using Artificial Intelligence. Sensors (Basel). 2024 Dec 10;24(24):7897. doi: 10.3390/s24247897.
PubMed 39771636Balsalobre-Fernandez C, Glaister M, Lockey RA. The validity and reliability of an iPhone app for measuring vertical jump performance. J Sports Sci. 2015;33(15):1574-9. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2014.996184. Epub 2015 Jan 2.
PubMed 25555023Bennell KL, Lawford BJ, Metcalf B, Mackenzie D, Russell T, van den Berg M, Finnin K, Crowther S, Aiken J, Fleming J, Hinman RS. Physiotherapists and patients report positive experiences overall with telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study. J Physiother. 2021 Jul;67(3):201-209. doi: 10.1016/j.jphys.2021.06.009. Epub 2021 Jun 9.
PubMed 34147399Chang P, Engle J. Telemedicine and Virtual Interventions in Cancer Rehabilitation: Practical Application, Complications and Future Potentials. Curr Oncol Rep. 2024 Dec;26(12):1600-1605. doi: 10.1007/s11912-024-01612-8. Epub 2024 Nov 6.
PubMed 39503989Fristrup B, Krustrup P, Kristensen KH, Rasmussen S, Aagaard P. Test-retest reliability of lower limb muscle strength, jump and sprint performance tests in elite female team handball players. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2024 Sep;124(9):2577-2589. doi: 10.1007/s00421-024-05470-x. Epub 2024 Apr 9.
PubMed 38592403Satkunskiene D, Skarbalius A, Kniubaite A, Mickevicius M, Snieckus A, Rutkauskas S, Kamandulis S. Hamstring stiffness and injury risk factors during the handball season in female players. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2024 Feb 1;49(2):190-198. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0005. Epub 2023 Oct 11.
PubMed 37820386Badby AJ, Mundy PD, Comfort P, Lake JP, McMahon JJ. The Validity of Hawkin Dynamics Wireless Dual Force Plates for Measuring Countermovement Jump and Drop Jump Variables. Sensors (Basel). 2023 May 17;23(10):4820. doi: 10.3390/s23104820.
PubMed 37430733Dos'Santos T, Evans DT, Read DB. Validity of the Hawkin Dynamics Wireless Dual Force Platform System Against a Piezoelectric Laboratory Grade System for Vertical Countermovement Jump Variables. J Strength Cond Res. 2024 Jun 1;38(6):1144-1148. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000004785.
PubMed 38781471Jaksic D, Maricic S, Maksimovic N, Bianco A, Sekulic D, Foretic N, Drid P. Effects of Additional Plyometric Training on the Jump Performance of Elite Male Handball Players: A Systematic Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 30;20(3):2475. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032475.
PubMed 36767841Anicic Z, Janicijevic D, Knezevic OM, Garcia-Ramos A, Petrovic MR, Cabarkapa D, Mirkov DM. Assessment of Countermovement Jump: What Should We Report? Life (Basel). 2023 Jan 9;13(1):190. doi: 10.3390/life13010190.
PubMed 36676138Manchado C, Tortosa Martinez J, Pueo B, Cortell Tormo JM, Vila H, Ferragut C, Sanchez Sanchez F, Busquier S, Amat S, Chirosa Rios LJ. High-Performance Handball Player's Time-Motion Analysis by Playing Positions. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Sep 17;17(18):6768. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186768.
PubMed 32957441Suso-Marti L, La Touche R, Herranz-Gomez A, Angulo-Diaz-Parreno S, Paris-Alemany A, Cuenca-Martinez F. Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation in Physical Therapist Practice: An Umbrella and Mapping Review With Meta-Meta-Analysis. Phys Ther. 2021 May 4;101(5):pzab075. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzab075.
PubMed 33611598
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 28 Jan 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- 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
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06900309
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- CEU-029
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Keywords
- Handball players performance
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 28 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- CEU San Pablo UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 19 Mar 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Apr 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 30 May 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 28 Mar 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
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.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Specific exercise program | Experimental | Other: Specific exercise program8 weeks specific exercise program. Plyomteric exercises |
| Control | Active comparator | Other: General exercise program8 weeks general exercise program |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Male only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Men over 18 years old who are part of the Móstoles Handball Club team
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Injured players at the start of the study and players who do not wish to participate
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Specific exercise programAn 8-weeks specific exercise program based on lower limb plyomteric exercises | Other | Specific exercise program |
| General exercise programAn 8-weeks of general exercise program focused on whole-body exercises | Other | Control |
Primary outcome
Percentage of adherence to the exercise program
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of the program at 8 weeks
Level of participation in the home exercise program through the Physitrack tele-rehabilitation platform measured as a percentage of program adherence
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 28 Jan 2026.
- Background: PubMed 39771636Balsalobre-Fernandez C, Varela-Olalla D. The Validity and Reliability of the My Jump Lab App for the Measurement of Vertical Jump Performance Using Artificial Intelligence. Sensors (Basel). 2024 Dec 10;24(24):7897. doi: 10.3390/s24247897.
- Background: PubMed 25555023Balsalobre-Fernandez C, Glaister M, Lockey RA. The validity and reliability of an iPhone app for measuring vertical jump performance. J Sports Sci. 2015;33(15):1574-9. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2014.996184. Epub 2015 Jan 2.
- Background: PubMed 34147399Bennell KL, Lawford BJ, Metcalf B, Mackenzie D, Russell T, van den Berg M, Finnin K, Crowther S, Aiken J, Fleming J, Hinman RS. Physiotherapists and patients report positive experiences overall with telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study. J Physiother. 2021 Jul;67(3):201-209. doi: 10.1016/j.jphys.2021.06.009. Epub 2021 Jun 9.
- Background: PubMed 39503989Chang P, Engle J. Telemedicine and Virtual Interventions in Cancer Rehabilitation: Practical Application, Complications and Future Potentials. Curr Oncol Rep. 2024 Dec;26(12):1600-1605. doi: 10.1007/s11912-024-01612-8. Epub 2024 Nov 6.
- Background: PubMed 38592403Fristrup B, Krustrup P, Kristensen KH, Rasmussen S, Aagaard P. Test-retest reliability of lower limb muscle strength, jump and sprint performance tests in elite female team handball players. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2024 Sep;124(9):2577-2589. doi: 10.1007/s00421-024-05470-x. Epub 2024 Apr 9.
- Background: PubMed 37820386Satkunskiene D, Skarbalius A, Kniubaite A, Mickevicius M, Snieckus A, Rutkauskas S, Kamandulis S. Hamstring stiffness and injury risk factors during the handball season in female players. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2024 Feb 1;49(2):190-198. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0005. Epub 2023 Oct 11.
- Background: PubMed 37430733Badby AJ, Mundy PD, Comfort P, Lake JP, McMahon JJ. The Validity of Hawkin Dynamics Wireless Dual Force Plates for Measuring Countermovement Jump and Drop Jump Variables. Sensors (Basel). 2023 May 17;23(10):4820. doi: 10.3390/s23104820.
- Background: PubMed 38781471Dos'Santos T, Evans DT, Read DB. Validity of the Hawkin Dynamics Wireless Dual Force Platform System Against a Piezoelectric Laboratory Grade System for Vertical Countermovement Jump Variables. J Strength Cond Res. 2024 Jun 1;38(6):1144-1148. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000004785.
- Background: PubMed 36767841Jaksic D, Maricic S, Maksimovic N, Bianco A, Sekulic D, Foretic N, Drid P. Effects of Additional Plyometric Training on the Jump Performance of Elite Male Handball Players: A Systematic Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 30;20(3):2475. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032475.
- Background: PubMed 36676138Anicic Z, Janicijevic D, Knezevic OM, Garcia-Ramos A, Petrovic MR, Cabarkapa D, Mirkov DM. Assessment of Countermovement Jump: What Should We Report? Life (Basel). 2023 Jan 9;13(1):190. doi: 10.3390/life13010190.
- Background: PubMed 32957441Manchado C, Tortosa Martinez J, Pueo B, Cortell Tormo JM, Vila H, Ferragut C, Sanchez Sanchez F, Busquier S, Amat S, Chirosa Rios LJ. High-Performance Handball Player's Time-Motion Analysis by Playing Positions. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Sep 17;17(18):6768. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186768.
- Background: PubMed 33611598Suso-Marti L, La Touche R, Herranz-Gomez A, Angulo-Diaz-Parreno S, Paris-Alemany A, Cuenca-Martinez F. Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation in Physical Therapist Practice: An Umbrella and Mapping Review With Meta-Meta-Analysis. Phys Ther. 2021 May 4;101(5):pzab075. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzab075.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. All IPD that underlie results in a publication
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Adrian Garcia-Catalan study director
USP CEU University
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Specific exercise program and General exercise program in people with Healthy, run by CEU San Pablo University at 1 site in Spain.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 Jan 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Spain. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Percentage of adherence to the exercise program (time frame: From enrollment to the end of the program at 8 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06900309, which also lists 12 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 28 Jan 2026.