New app gives teen football players custom workouts
NCT ID NCT06200350
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a personalized algorithm that recommends specific football training challenges to improve performance. 47 amateur football players aged 14-18 participated. Researchers compared those who followed the personalized recommendations to those who did traditional training. The goal was to see if the tailored approach improved physical abilities and how satisfied users were with the system.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- personalized training algorithm
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple way to improve athletic performance using personalized activity recommendations.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early study with only 47 participants. The results may not apply to all athletes or sports.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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47 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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14 to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Amateur football players. * Aged between 14 and 18 years old. * Without any injury. * The ones who can attend the assessing sessions and fill in the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Aged different from the indicated above. * Injured. * Missing one of the assessing sessions. * Not performing the proposed training twice, or not registering two or more training sessions.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Vigo
Pontevedra, Pontevedra, 36005, Spain
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