Preventive Exercise Program for Adolescent Futsal Players.

NCT07648186 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 170/2026
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 26
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The main aim of this study is to analyse the effect of a preventive exercise program (INSPIRE: Indoor Sports Injury Prevention) on the lower-limb injuries in adolescent futsal players. For this purpose, 26 adolescent futsal players will be recruited, and after baseline evaluation, they will be randomized either the standard care, that will undergo the standard strengthening program developed each year in their team, or the experimental group, that will undergo the INSPIRE program, based on three stages (motor control, strength and endurance, and propioception and neural workout). Both groups will develop a 8-week intervention. Regarding the evaluation, the participants will have three evaluations: baseline, 4 weeks, and 8 weeks, and they will complete validated questionnaries (Overuse Injury Questionnaire, and Return to Play Score), together with functional tests (Y-Balance Test), strength testing using a dynamometer, and motor control testing using force plates.

Conditions

Adolescent Futsal Players

Keywords

Adolescent; Futsal; Lower-limb; Preventive; Exercise

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• OSTRC

  Overuse Injury Questionnaire

  Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• RTP

  Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks

• Y-Balance Test

  Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks

• STRENGTH

  Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks

• MOTOR CONTROL

  Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks

• INJURIES

  Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Standard Care Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Standard strengthening program developed in Spanish futsal teams

Other: Standard Care (in control arm)

INSPIRE (Indoor Sports Injury Prevention)

EXPERIMENTAL

Exercise program based in three stages: 1. Motor control and motor relearning: based on basic movement patterns and muscle chains, together with selective activation of muscles such as gluteus, aductors, hamstrings, quadricepts, gastrocnemius, and peroneus, using closed kinetic chain exercises. 2. Strength and endurance: based on strengthening the aforementioned muscles, using pushing and reception exercises, together with long efforts. 3. Propioception and neural workout: based on the training on propioception in stable and unstable surfaces, together with exercise of acceleration, decceleration, direction changes, and dual tasks.

Other: Exercise

Interventions

Exercise OTHER

INSPIRE PROGRAM. Exercise program based in three stages: 1. Motor control and motor relearning: based on basic movement patterns and muscle chains, together with selective activation of muscles such as gluteus, aductors, hamstrings, quadricepts, gastrocnemius, and peroneus, using closed kinetic chain exercises. 2. Strength and endurance: based on strengthening the aforementioned muscles, using pushing and reception exercises, together with long efforts. 3. Propioception and neural workout: based on the training on propioception in stable and unstable surfaces, together with exercise of acceleration, decceleration, direction changes, and dual tasks.

INSPIRE (Indoor Sports Injury Prevention)

Standard Care (in control arm) OTHER

Standard Strengthening Program

Standard Care Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Male futsal players.
• Age between 15 and 18 years.
• Players who have a confirmed team for all the season.
• Signed informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

• Cultural, ethical or language barrier.
• Goalkeepers.
• Participants with other diseases.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Malaga: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Interventions

Exercise; Standard of Care

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena; Quality Indicators, Health Care; Quality of Health Care; Health Services Administration; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Lecturer at the Physiotherapy Department, University of Málaga

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 9, 2026
• First Posted: June 15, 2026
• Study Start (Estimated): September 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): April 15, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 15, 2027
• Last Updated: June 15, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-06