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Effects of Thoracic Spine Exercises on Spinal Alignment and Mobility in Male Soccer Players

NCT07253415 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2025-12-03

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Summary

Thoracic spine mobility is essential for trunk stability, rotational movement, and athletic performance in soccer players. This study aimed to investigate the effects of adding thoracic spine exercises to routine soccer training on spinal alignment, segmental mobility, and thoracic rotation in professional male players.

Conditions

  • Spinal Mobility
  • Thoracic Spine

Interventions

OTHER

Thoracic spine exercise

Following baseline evaluations, players in the exercise group performed thoracic spine exercises in addition to their routine soccer training, three days a week for six weeks, with each session lasting approximately 30-40 minutes. All players also regularly participated in the routine training program planned by the club technical team, implemented 5 to 6 days a week and lasting approximately 90-120 minutes per session. The exercise program comprised six exercises targeting mobility, strength, motor control, and stability of the thoracic region, including thoracic spine extension exercise with foam roller and thoracic extension flexibility exercise, thoracic spine rotation exercise and thoracic rotation exercise in quadrupedal position, open book exercise, and bird-dog exercise. Exercise progression was achieved by systematically increasing repetitions and sets according to the principle of gradual overload and by advancing resistance levels over time.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Izmir Katip Celebi University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kazım Bayram, Ph.D · Izmir University of Economics

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-04-25
Primary Completion
2024-06-03
Completion
2024-08-02

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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