Chronic Effect of Individualized Core Stability Programs in Recreational Athletes.

NCT03459430 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2015/00116/001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Core stability (CS) training is nowadays largely used in several fields, mainly to enhance athletic performance and to prevent and rehabilitate musculoskeletal injuries. However, in several experimental studies, CS training programs have not delivered as positive results as could be expected. The lack of proper modulation and quantification of the training load parameters (such as intensity, volume, frequency, etc.) may be one of the main explanations. Although training intensity has been manipulated by modifying the CS exercise difficulty through variations in mechanical constraints (i.e. participant posture, lever arms, base of support, unstable surfaces, etc.), to the best of the authors' knowledge no experimental study has quantified the CS training intensity based on objective parameters. The quantification of the load intensity is fundamental to analyze the dose-response relationships between training and CS adaptations. Therefore, the main aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of two individualized CS training programs using smartphone accelerometers placed on the pelvis to quantify the intensity of several of the most common CS exercises employed in fitness, sports and rehabilitation. The expected effect is that the experimental groups will improve CS significantly.

Conditions

Core Stability

Keywords

trunk stability; accelerometer; smartphone; core training; isometric exercises

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Mean radial error of center of pressure in sitting condition

  Postural control in sitting condition over an unstable seat evaluated through the mean radial error of center of pressure displacement (Units: millimeters)

  Baseline - 6 weeks

• Trunk angular displacement

  Trunk angular displacement after sudden loading perturbations in different planes of motion (units: degrees)

  Baseline - 6 weeks

• Pelvis mean acceleration

  Pelvis mean acceleration in different isometric stabilization exercises measured with a smartphone accelerometer (Units: m/s2)

  Baseline - every 2 weeks up to 6 weeks

Other Outcomes (8)

• Global dynamic balance in anterior direction

  Baseline - 6 weeks

• Global dynamic balance in posteromedial direction

  Baseline - 6 weeks

• Global dynamic balance in posterolateral direction

  Baseline - 6 weeks

Study Arms (3)

Low Intensity training group

EXPERIMENTAL

Low Intensity training group will complete a 6 week core stability training program with low intensity/oscillation exercises

Other: Core stability training

High Intensity training group

EXPERIMENTAL

High Intensity training group will complete a 6 week core stability training program with high intensity/oscillation exercises

Other: Core stability training

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Control group will have 6 weeks with no intervention before post-test

Interventions

Core stability training OTHER

Effect of different core stability programs using diverse training intensities

High Intensity training group; Low Intensity training group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 35 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• \- Healthy recreative male athletes between 18 and 35 years old

You may not qualify if:

• Inguinal hernia or urinary incontinence
• Pathologies that contraindicate physical exercise practice
• Low back pain in the last six months prior to testing
• Pathologies related with Central Nervous System that affect balance
• Professional athletes of sports modalities with high core stability demands

Sponsors & Collaborators

• CASTO JUAN RECIO: lead
• Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Spain: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Sport Research Center

Elche, Alicante, 03202, Spain

Location

Study Officials

• Francisco J Vera-Garcia, Professor

  Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche, Spain

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Study Director

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 19, 2018
• First Posted: March 8, 2018
• Study Start: March 10, 2018
• Primary Completion: December 21, 2018
• Study Completion: December 21, 2018
• Last Updated: February 8, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, CSR, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: Data will be available six months after publication
• Access Criteria: Data access requests will be reviewed by an external Independent Review Panel. Requestors will be required to sign a Data Access Agreement

Locations

ES (1)