Clinical trial NCT06042374: Core Stabilization Training in Elite Athletes
Official title: The Effects of Progressive Core Stabilization Training on Anaerobic Performance in Elite Athletes: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Athlete
Keywords: athlete
weightlifting
volleyball
racquet sports
core stability
Lead sponsor: Izmir Democracy University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-09-18
Enrollment: 58
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The studies in the literature have not sufficiently investigated the effects of core stabilization training on anaerobic performance. Therefore, this study was planned to comparatively investigate effects of progressive core stabilization training applied to elite athletes on anaerobic capacity, anaerobic performance, and fatigue.

Detailed description: In taekwondo, weightlifting, badminton, and volleyball sports branches, strong relationships between sports performance, anaerobic strength and fatigue parameters have been also shown. It is clear of the necessity of developing anaerobic capacity using various exercises in these elite athletes. However, the studies conducted to date have not sufficiently investigated the effects of core stabilization training on anaerobic performance and fatigue with more objective methods and enough sample sizes. This study was planned to comparatively investigate effects of progressive core stabilization training applied to elite athletes on anaerobic capacity, anaerobic performance, and fatigue.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* being between 18-25 of age,
* actively keeping on a similar technical workout season program,
* volunteering to participate in the study,
* having at least five years of professional sports history and
* being an elite athlete in taekwondo, weightlifting, volleyball, or badminton branches

Exclusion Criteria:

* having had any pathological condition and/or surgical procedure of the column vertebral and extremities within the last three months,
* having had any serious orthopedic or systemic condition that could prevent doing and continuing exercises
* discontinuing exercise training for more than three sessions.

Primary outcomes:
measure: anaerobic peak power
timeFrame: Baseline and after 9-week training
measure: anaerobic mean power
timeFrame: Baseline and after 9-week training
Secondary outcomes:
measure: squat jump power
timeFrame: Baseline and after 9-week training
measure: active jump power
timeFrame: Baseline and after 9-week training
measure: fatigue index
timeFrame: Baseline and after 9-week training
measure: anaerobic power from 0 to 5 seconds
timeFrame: Baseline and after 9-week training
measure: anaerobic capacity from 0 to 30 seconds
timeFrame: Baseline and after 9-week training
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ankara
country: Turkey
facility: Hacettepe University
Study officials:
affiliation: Mok Academy, Istanbul
name: GÜLŞAH BAŞANDAÇ, PhD.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Izmir Democracy University
name: GÜLŞAH BARĞI, Assoc. Dr.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Hacettepe University
name: VOLGA BAYRAKCI TUNAY, Prof. Dr.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Yang CY, Thurston TS, Cho EH, Cho JY, Koo JH. Non-combative taekwondo evokes highly anaerobic physiological responses in elite-level athletes: potential evidence for a new training modality. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2019 Sep;59(9):1450-1457. doi: 10.23736/S0022-4707.18.09365-9. Epub 2018 Dec 13.
citation: Lee B, McGill S. The effect of core training on distal limb performance during ballistic strike manoeuvres. J Sports Sci. 2017 Sep;35(18):1-13. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2016.1236207. Epub 2016 Oct 3.