Core Stabilization Training in Elite Athletes

Athlete Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effects of Progressive Core Stabilization Training on Anaerobic Performance in Elite Athletes: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06042374
• Other study ID #: Effect of core stabilization
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 21, 2017
• Est. completion date: June 21, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: September 2023
• Source: Izmir Democracy University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 58
• Est. completion date: June 21, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: November 21, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

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.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Athlete

Intervention

Other:
• Progressive Core Stabilization Training
The Progressive Core Stabilization Training was applied to study group as a group exercise with 5-10 athletes which was planned in the form of 3 days/week for a total of 9 weeks and 27 sessions. A session consisted of warm-up, core stabilization (30-40 min.), and cool-down exercises. During the training period, exercise volume, degree of difficulty, additional weight, and level of instability (contralateral limb movements and reduction of the support surface, etc.) for each exercise were incrementally increased in four steps.
• Standard Core Strengthening Exercises
The athletes included in the CG performed only Standard Core Strengthening Exercises which is the first phase of the Progressive Core Stabilization Training on fixed surfaces (i.e. without pads and balls, with a flat floor and a bench) for 3 days/week and totally 9-week.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Hacettepe University	Ankara

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Gulsah Bargi

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (2)

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. — View 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. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	anaerobic peak power	The power will be evaluated using anaerobic endurance test (a 30-second Wingate Anaerobic Power Test) applied on a bicycle ergometer.	Baseline and after 9-week training
Primary	anaerobic mean power	The power will be evaluated using anaerobic endurance test (a 30-second Wingate Anaerobic Power Test) applied on a bicycle ergometer.	Baseline and after 9-week training
Secondary	squat jump power	It will be evaluated the squat jump test.	Baseline and after 9-week training
Secondary	active jump power	It will be evaluated the active jump test.	Baseline and after 9-week training
Secondary	fatigue index	The percent of fatigue will be evaluated using anaerobic endurance test (a 30-second Wingate Anaerobic Power Test) applied on a bicycle ergometer.	Baseline and after 9-week training
Secondary	anaerobic power from 0 to 5 seconds	The power will be evaluated using anaerobic endurance test (a 30-second Wingate Anaerobic Power Test) applied on a bicycle ergometer.	Baseline and after 9-week training
Secondary	anaerobic capacity from 0 to 30 seconds	The power will be evaluated using anaerobic endurance test (a 30-second Wingate Anaerobic Power Test) applied on a bicycle ergometer.	Baseline and after 9-week training