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NCT07321496

The Most Demanding Match Periods: Should GPS Data be Normalized

Active, enrolled Last updated 7 January 2026
What this trial tests

trial testing Assessment of most demanding periods in soccer in Most Demanding Periods in 50 participants. Participants enrolled and being followed up; not accepting new ones.

Timeline
1 September 2025
Primary endpoint
30 December 2025
30 January 2026

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity of Maia
StatusActive, enrolled
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment50
Start date1 September 2025
Primary completion30 December 2025
Estimated completion30 January 2026
Sites1 location across Portugal

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University of Maia

Who can join

Adults 18 to 35, male only, with Most Demanding Periods or Sport. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

To date, the characterization of Most Demanding Periods (MDPs) in soccer has relied almost exclusively on absolute metrics, suggesting that the peak demands currently reported in the scientific literature are inherently shaped by these fixed thresholds. This reliance on such absolute metrics may lead to an under- or overestimation of the true relative intensity experienced by each player, thus limiting the accuracy of MDPs interpretation. Therefore, exploring whether normalized thresholds alter the magnitude of MDPs across a range of time windows (1, 3 and 5 minutes) is crucial to better understand how the most demanding passages of match play manifest when player-specific capacities are considered. Consequently, the aim of the present study was to compare the MDPs derived from absolute and normalized thresholds for HSR and sprinting.

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