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"CORE Training for Musculoskeletal Health: A Study on Adaptive Exercise Protocols"

NCT07025395 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2025-06-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the effects of an adaptive core training protocol that integrates core stability, core strength, and high-intensity core power exercises on muscle activation, hypertrophy, balance, and quality of life. Forty recreationally active adults with a minimum of two years of consistent training experience will participate. The structured intervention will span multiple weeks and utilize electromyography (EMG), ultrasound imaging, and validated questionnaires to assess neuromuscular and functional adaptations.

Conditions

  • Core Muscle Weakness
  • Postural Control Deficit
  • Trunk Stability Impairment
  • Functional Performance Limitation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

- Core Training Protocol

This structured training intervention incorporates progressive core exercises designed to enhance neuromuscular activation, balance, and muscle hypertrophy. Participants perform eight exercise triads per session, progressing from core stability drills to high-intensity power movements over eight weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Control Group Core Routine

Control group participants engage in general core activation exercises twice per week, without progressive intensity or specialized neuromuscular adaptation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ioannis Tsartsapakis

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ioannis Tsartsapakis, Ph.D. · Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-10-01
Primary Completion
2026-02-28
Completion
2026-03-15

Countries

  • Greece

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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