NCT07387029

Core Stability Training With Balloon Breathing on Balance and Performance in Football Players

Core Stability Training With Ball and Balloon Exercise on Dynamic Balance, Hop Performance, and Core Endurance in Professional Football Players - A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 68 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Gulf Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 28 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Football players require good core strength and balance to perform well and reduce the risk of injury. The muscles of the trunk and diaphragm play an important role in maintaining stability, posture, and movement control during sports activities. This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effects of core stability training combined with balloon breathing exercises on dynamic balance, hop performance, and core endurance in professional football players. Balloon breathing exercises are designed to improve diaphragmatic breathing and trunk muscle activation. Eligible football players will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: one group will receive core stability training combined with balloon breathing exercises along with regular football training, while the other group will receive core stability training with regular football training only. The intervention will be performed three times per week for eight weeks under the supervision of a physiotherapist. Outcome measures, including dynamic balance, hop performances, core endurance, and maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV), will be assessed at baseline, during the intervention, at the end of the program, and at a three-month follow-up. The findings of this study may help improve training strategies aimed at enhancing performance and reducing injury risk in football players.

Conditions

• Dynamic Balance, Hop Performance and Maximum Voluntary Ventilation (MVV) in Professional Football Players

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Core Stability Training	McGill's Big Three core stability exercises including curl-up, side bridge, and bird-dog exercises performed three times per week for eight weeks, with progression to unstable surfaces as tolerated.
OTHER	Balloon Breathing Exercise	Diaphragmatic breathing exercise involving controlled inhalation through the nose and prolonged exhalation into a balloon while maintaining trunk engagement, performed alongside core exercises for eight weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-02-01
• Primary completion: 2026-05-01
• Completion: 2026-08-01
• First posted: 2026-02-04
• Last updated: 2026-02-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Arab Emirates