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

Gulf Medical University

Status: Not yet enrolling

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

Treatments: Other: Balloon Breathing Exercise; Other: Core Stability Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07387029

IRB-COHS-STD-117-Dec-2025

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 68 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 28 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male professional football players aged 18 to 35 years
• Currently playing at club level
• Free from musculoskeletal injury for at least 6 months prior to enrollment
• Willing to participate and provide written informed consent
• Able to participate in regular football training and exercise programs

Exclusion criteria

• Current musculoskeletal injury or pain affecting training or performance
• History of lower limb or spinal surgery within the past year
• Any neurological, cardiovascular, or respiratory condition that limits physical activity
• Participation in any structured core stability or breathing training program within the past 3 months
• Female players

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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68 participants in 2 patient groups

Core Stability Training With Balloon Breathing

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receive a structured core stability training program combined with balloon breathing exercises along with regular football training for 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Core Stability Training

Other: Balloon Breathing Exercise

Core Stability Training Only

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants receive the same structured core stability training program without balloon breathing exercises, along with regular football training for 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Core Stability Training