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Archers aim higher with Brain-Boosting balance drills
NCT ID NCT07070427
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether doing mental tasks (like counting backwards) while balancing on a BOSU ball can improve archery accuracy. Thirty licensed archers will train for 12 weeks, with one group doing cognitive-based balance exercises and the other doing standard balance exercises. Researchers will measure shooting scores, balance, and joint position sense to see if the extra mental challenge helps performance.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- cognitive-based balance exercises
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that adding mental tasks to balance training improves archery accuracy, offering a new training method for athletes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 30 archers, so results may not apply to all athletes. The effect on shooting performance is uncertain.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2025
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 45 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Being a licensed archery athlete, * Having been practicing archery for at least 2 years, * Participating in a training program at least 2 days a week, * Using a compound bow, * Being between the ages of 18-45. Exclusion Criteria: * Having any diagnosed lung, cardiovascular, neurological, systemic and orthopedic disease, * Receiving conservative or surgical treatment after trauma in the upper and lower extremities, * Having had a musculoskeletal injury within the last year, * Using corticosteroids or any other medication, * Having a psychological dysfunction.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cyprus International University
Mersin, Lefkosa, 99040, Turkey (Türkiye)
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