Core Stabilization Programme on Kicking Velocity and Performance in Male Adolescent Football Players

The Effect of Core Stabilization Exercise Program on Kicking Velocity, Sprint Speed and Agility Performance in Male Adolescent Football Players

Core stability is an important component maximising efficient athletic function. Function is most often produced by the kinetic chain, the coordinate sequenced activation of body segments that places the distal segment in the optimum position at the optimum velocity with the optimum timing to produce the desired athletic task. Speed and power are critical performance factors in football. Football including jumping, kicking, tackling, turning, sprinting, changing pace, and sustaining forceful contractions to maintain balance and control of the ball against defensive pressure. In the literature, no study has demonstrated the effectiveness of core stability exercise program in adolescent football players.The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of core stabilization exercise program on adolescent male football players.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Soccer; Sports Performance; Core Stability
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Core Stability Exercise Program; Other: Routine Football Training Program

Detailed Description

Core stability is an important component maximising efficient athletic function. Function is most often produced by the kinetic chain, the coordinate sequenced activation of body segments that places the distal segment in the optimum position at the optimum velocity with the optimum timing to produce the desired athletic task. The importance of core stability for injury prevention and performance enhancement has been popularized during the past decades. Up to date, core muscle strengthening plays an important role in different prevention programs, such as the "FIFA 11 +". Football is considered a high-intensity intermittent sport requiring high levels of physical fitness related to the ability to perform powerful actions, with a varied range of activities that involve both breaking and propulsive forces as well as distinct contraction modes and velocities. Speed and power are critical performance factors in football. Football including jumping, kicking, tackling, turning, sprinting, changing pace, and sustaining forceful contractions to maintain balance and control of the ball against defensive pressure. Kicking is one of the most fundamental and frequently used skills in soccer and its motion consists of several stages as follows: (1) the withdrawal of the thigh and shank (backswing); (2) the forward rotation of the thigh and shank, which occurs as a result of hip flexion; (3) the reduction of thigh angular velocity, with a corresponding increase in shank angular velocity up to impact with the ball; and (4) the follow-through. Football is seen as highly intensive sport with an increased injury rate. In adolescent football players, muscle-tendon unit adaptation is effecting by athletic performance. The mechanic loading on this unit results increase risk of lower extremity injuries. In the literature, no study has demonstrated the effectiveness of core stability exercise program in adolescent football players.The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of core stabilization exercise program on adolescent male football players.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 45
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Cyprus
  • Lefkoşa
    • Nicosia, Lefkoşa, Cyprus, Mersin10Turkey
      • Fizyo osteopati Fizik Tedavi ve Sağlıklı Yaşam Merkezi

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 12 years to 14 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects who are not get any operation related with lower extremity and spine in last 6 months.
• Subjects who are voluntary to participate in the study and get informed consent form from legal representative.
• Subjects who attend in football training regularly.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Current pain in lower extremity and spine.
• Subjects who have discontinuity in training program or exercise program more than 3 times.
• Subjects who have difficulty to apply exercise program.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Core Stability Exercise Program Group; 23 Football players from Gönyeli Futbol Akademisi voluntarily will participate in the study. Subjects will include to study if they fulfil criteria. Athletes will involve 8 Weeks core stability exercise program. During this process they will continue to attend routine football training program. After 8. Weeks assessments will be repeated.	Other: Core Stability Exercise Program; Core stability is an important component maximising efficient athletic function. Function is most often produced by the kinetic chain, the coordinate sequenced activation of body segments that places the distal segment in the optimum position at the optimum velocity with the optimum timing to produce the desired athletic task. Speed and power are critical performance factors in football. Football including jumping, kicking, tackling, turning, sprinting, changing pace, and sustaining forceful contractions to maintain balance and control of the ball against defensive pressure. İn the literature, no study has demonstrated the effectiveness of core stability exercise program in adolescent football players.
Other: Routine Football Training Program Group; 22 Football players from Gönyeli Futbol Akademisi voluntarily will participate in the study. Subjects will include to study if they fulfil criteria. Kicking velocity, run speed and agility performance will evaluate and athletes will continue to attend football training program. After 8 Weeks assessments will be repeated.	Other: Routine Football Training Program; Core stability is an important component maximising efficient athletic function. Function is most often produced by the kinetic chain, the coordinate sequenced activation of body segments that places the distal segment in the optimum position at the optimum velocity with the optimum timing to produce the desired athletic task. Speed and power are critical performance factors in football. Football including jumping, kicking, tackling, turning, sprinting, changing pace, and sustaining forceful contractions to maintain balance and control of the ball against defensive pressure. İn the literature, no study has demonstrated the effectiveness of core stability exercise program in adolescent football players.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Kicking Velocity Measurement	Kicking velocity will measure with Bushnell Velocity Radar Gun ((Bushnell Performance Optics, Overland Park, KS) in km/h.	Measurement will repeat three times in 2 minutes intervals and the mean value will be taken. Baseline and 8 Weeks reported.
Run Speed Measurement	Run speed will measure with 20 Meter Sprint Test in sec.	Measurement will repeat three times in 2 minutes intervals and mean value will be taken. Baseline and 8 Weeks reported.
Agility Measurement	Agility will measure with 505 Agility Test in sec. The athlete runs from the 15 meter marker towards the line and through the 5 m markers, turns on the line and runs back through the 5 meter marker and stopped when they return through these markers (that is, the time taken to cover the 5 m up and back distance -10 m total).	Measurements will repeat three times in 2 minutes intervals and mean value will be taken. Baseline and 8 Weeks reported.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hacettepe University
• Investigators: Study Director: Volga Bayrakcı Tunay, Prof, Hacettepe University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 29, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): December 15, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 22, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 1, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): February 2, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 31, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 30, 2024
• Last Verified: May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Exercise; Agility; Core Stability; Kicking velocity; Run Speed
• Other Study ID Numbers: ETK00-2020-0243

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Plan Description: IPD data for all primary and secondary measures will be made available
• IPD Sharing Time Frame: Data will be available within 1 year of study publication.
• IPD Sharing Access Criteria: Data access requests will be reviewed by an external independent Review Panel. Requestors will be required to sign a Data Access Agreement.
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: STUDY_PROTOCOL; SAP; ICF; ANALYTIC_CODE; CSR

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No