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NCT06920875
Effects of Imagery and Breathing Exercises on Swimmers' Performance, Mental Toughness, and Heart-Mind Coherence
NA trial testing Imagery and Breathing Exercises in Athletic Performance in 19 participants. Completed in 17 March 2025.
20 February 2025
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 19 |
| Start date | 20 January 2025 |
| Primary completion | 20 February 2025 |
| Estimated completion | 17 March 2025 |
| Sites | 1 location across Turkey (Türkiye) |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Imagery and Breathing Exercises
Conditions studied
- Athletic Performance — all drugs for Athletic Performance →
- Mental Toughness — all drugs for Mental Toughness →
- Coherence (Heart-Mind Synchronization) — all drugs for Coherence (Heart-Mind Synchronization) →
Sponsor
Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
Who can join
Adults 13 to 18, any sex, with Athletic Performance or Mental Toughness. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This randomized controlled trial aimed to investigate the effects of a 10-week imagery and breathing exercise intervention on 200-meter freestyle swimming performance, mental toughness, and heart-mind coherence in swimmers. Nineteen licensed swimmers aged 13-18 years were randomly assigned to an experimental group (n=9) receiving imagery and breathing exercises or a control group (n=10) receiving only standard physical training. Outcomes were measured using the 200-meter freestyle swimming time, the Sports Mental Toughness Questionnaire (SMTQ), and heart-mind coherence via the Inner Balance HeartMath device. The intervention significantly improved mental toughness and swimming performance in the experimental group compared to the control group, with a trend toward improved heart-mind coherence.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Imagery and breathing exercises improve swimming performance, mental toughness, and coherence.
Girginer FG, Besler HK, Seyhan S, Soylu C, et al · · 2026 · PMID 41807478 · DOI 10.1038/s41598-025-17977-0
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06920875 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
- Last refreshed: 10 April 2025
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