CompletedNot Applicable

Core Exercises Effects on Muscle Imbalances

Greece20 participantsStarted 2020-05-20

Plain-language summary

This study aims in investigating the effects of a core muscles' strengthening program on core muscles' atrophy and contraction ability. Twenty healthy adults recruited and randomly assigned to either a 5-week training group developed to activate and strengthen local trunk muscles or a control group. The training program includes isometric bridging exercises from various positions and dynamic exercises for lumbopelvic stability. Core muscles' thickness will be assessed at rest and contracting conditions, prior and after the intervention, using ultrasonography.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 45 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * 18 to 45 years old * Trained recreationally at least 2 times a week, for the past 3 years * Healthy * No musculoskeletal injuries in the 6 months prior to the study Exclusion Criteria: * History of chronic low back pain * History of hip, pelvic or low back surgery * History of acute low back pain with duration at least 1 week, the preceding 6 months * Involvement in similar core stability training programs the last 12 moths prior to this study

What they're measuring

Transversus abdominis (TrA) muscle thickness at rest and contraction

Timeframe: Change from baseline assessment at 5 weeks

Lumbar multifidus (LM) muscle thickness at rest and contraction

Timeframe: Change from baseline assessment at 5 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04450615

SponsorAthanasios Ellinoudis

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2020-07-30

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