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

January 27, 2026 updated by: CEU San Pablo University

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:

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 Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

28

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Spain
    • Madrid
      • Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 28668
        • USP CEU University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Specific exercise program
8 weeks specific exercise program. Plyomteric exercises
Other: Specific exercise program
An 8-weeks specific exercise program based on lower limb plyomteric exercises
Active Comparator: Control
8 weeks general exercise program
Other: General exercise program
An 8-weeks of general exercise program focused on whole-body exercises

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
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
From enrollment to the end of the program at 8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

CEU San Pablo University

Investigators

  • Study Director: Adrian Garcia-Catalan, USP CEU University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 19, 2025

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 30, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

May 30, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 21, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 27, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

March 28, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 28, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 27, 2026

Last Verified

March 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CEU-029

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

All IPD that underlie results in a publication

IPD Sharing Time Frame

June 2025-June2028

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL
  • SAP
  • CSR

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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