Core Stabilization Training in Elite Athletes

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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Athlete
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Progressive Core Stabilization Training; Other: Standard Core Strengthening Exercises

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.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 58
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Ankara, Turkey
    • Hacettepe University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

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.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Study group; 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; 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.
Sham Comparator: Control group; The athletes included in the CG performed only Standard Core Strengthening Exercises.	Other: 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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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 Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
squat jump power	It will be evaluated the squat jump test.	Baseline and after 9-week training
active jump power	It will be evaluated the active jump test.	Baseline and after 9-week training
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
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
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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Gulsah Bargi
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: GÜLŞAH BAŞANDAÇ, PhD., Mok Academy, Istanbul; Principal Investigator: GÜLŞAH BARĞI, Assoc. Dr., Izmir Democracy University; Study Director: VOLGA BAYRAKCI TUNAY, Prof. Dr., Hacettepe University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• 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.
• 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.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 21, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 21, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): June 21, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 30, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 13, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): September 18, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 18, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 13, 2023
• Last Verified: September 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: core stability; athlete; volleyball; weightlifting; racquet sports
• Other Study ID Numbers: Effect of core stabilization

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

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