Effects of Mid-Season Camp Period Loading on Sports Injury Anxiety and Physical Performance

Celal Bayar University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety; Athletic Performance; Exercise

Treatments: Other: Mid-Season Camp Period Loading

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06329193

CBU-FTR-ES-O4

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of 3-week mid-season camp period loading on sports injury anxiety level and physical performances of professional male soccer players.

Full description

According to the periodization theory, the seasonal training process of soccer players is divided into four periods such as pre-season, early competition, late competition, and transition. In general, these periods aim to prepare soccer players for the competitive season, improve their fitness and physical performance, and reduce the risk of sports injuries. Therefore, the loading applied to soccer players during these camp periods are the key determinants of physical performance enhancement and the control of sports injury risks. In particular, the mid-season camp period loading is an important requirement to maintain the gains obtained in the pre-season training programs throughout the season. In this context, sports clubs prefer regions with different physical conditions (sea level, high altitude etc.) for the camp periods and allocate serious budgets for this periods.

Previous studies largely focused on effects of the pre-season camp period on psychological state and physical performance in soccer players. However, few studies in the current literature focused on the mid-season camp period. To the best of authors knowledge, sports injury anxiety and physical performance responses to the mid-season camp period loading in professional soccer players has not been very well discussed. Therefore the aim of this study is to investigate the effects of 3-week mid-season camp period loading on sports injury anxiety level and physical performances of professional male soccer players.

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 19 to 22 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• volunteering to participate in study
• not have any musculoskeletal disease

Exclusion criteria

• using any drugs or supplements
• with a history of moderate to major injury within last 6 months
• having any systemic disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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34 participants in 1 patient group

Training Group

Experimental group

Description:

The 3-week mid-season camp period loading at sea level, including daily gym and field-based exercise interventions, five days a week, will be applied to the participants in the sports club's gym and soccer field.

Treatment:

Other: Mid-Season Camp Period Loading