Core Stabilization Training in Elite Athletes

NCT06042374 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Effect of core stabilization
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 58
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Athlete

Keywords

athlete; weightlifting; volleyball; racquet sports; core stability

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• 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

• 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 Outcomes (5)

• squat jump power

  Baseline and after 9-week training

• active jump power

  Baseline and after 9-week training

• fatigue index

  Baseline and after 9-week training

• anaerobic power from 0 to 5 seconds

  Baseline and after 9-week training

• anaerobic capacity from 0 to 30 seconds

  Baseline and after 9-week training

Study Arms (2)

Study group

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Other: Progressive Core Stabilization Training

Control group

SHAM COMPARATOR

The athletes included in the CG performed only Standard Core Strengthening Exercises.

Other: Standard Core Strengthening Exercises

Interventions

Progressive Core Stabilization Training OTHER

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.

Study group

Standard Core Strengthening Exercises OTHER

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.

Control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Gulsah Bargi: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hacettepe University

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (3)

• 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.

  PMID: 30543275 BACKGROUND

• 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.

  PMID: 27690749 BACKGROUND

• Basandac G, Bargi G, Bayrakci Tunay V. Effectiveness of progressive core stabilization training on anaerobic performance in elite athletes: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil. 2025 Aug 26;17(1):248. doi: 10.1186/s13102-025-01283-3.

  PMID: 40859380 DERIVED

Study Officials

• GÜLŞAH BAŞANDAÇ, PhD.

  Mok Academy, Istanbul

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• GÜLŞAH BARĞI, Assoc. Dr.

  Izmir Democracy University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• VOLGA BAYRAKCI TUNAY, Prof. Dr.

  Hacettepe University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Single-blind study; the athletes were not informed about whether they were in the study group or control group.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 30, 2023
• First Posted: September 18, 2023
• Study Start: November 21, 2017
• Primary Completion: November 21, 2021
• Study Completion: June 21, 2022
• Last Updated: September 18, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)