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To determine which training-related sensorimotor adaptations—including postural balance, shoulder proprioception, and handgrip strength—are most closely associated with improved shooting accuracy in professional compound archers.

August 16, 2026BMC Sports Science Medicine and RehabilitationOpen Access

Associations between changes in postural control, shoulder proprioception, and shooting accuracy in professional compound archers

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SASema Acaröz TYTuba YerlikayaNear East University HÖHüseyin Bilal Özkader

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Clinical trial reveals improved balance and shoulder proprioception correlate with shooting accuracy in professional archers, suggesting precision depends more on sensorimotor control than strength.

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To determine which training-related sensorimotor adaptations—including postural balance, shoulder proprioception, and handgrip strength—are most closely associated with improved shooting accuracy in professional compound archers.
Conducted a single-group longitudinal interventional study in 30 professional compound archers over a 12-week balance-based training period (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT07070427).
Evaluated shooting accuracy, static balance, dynamic balance, unilateral/bilateral handgrip strength, bilateral deficit magnitude, and shoulder flexion/abduction joint position sense at baseline and week 12.
Calculated post-intervention change scores and evaluated associations with accuracy improvement using Spearman correlation analysis with false discovery rate correction.
Shooting accuracy improvements significantly correlated with gains in right static balance (ρ = .594, FDR-adjusted p = .008), left static balance (ρ = .489, FDR-adjusted p = .022), and left dynamic balance (ρ = .514, FDR-adjusted p = .021).
Shooting accuracy gains demonstrated a significant negative correlation with shoulder flexion joint position error at 125° (ρ = −.505, FDR-adjusted p = .021), linking larger error reductions to higher performance gains.
Changes in unilateral handgrip strength, bilateral handgrip strength, bilateral deficit magnitude, and shoulder abduction joint position sense showed no significant associations with shooting accuracy improvements.

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Acaröz et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a817aa1f2fb91fc834aeab3 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-026-01975-4

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Clinical trial reveals improved balance and shoulder proprioception correlate with shooting accuracy in professional archers, suggesting precision depends more on sensorimotor control than strength.

Associations between changes in postural control, shoulder proprioception, and shooting accuracy in professional compound archers

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Associations between changes in postural control, shoulder proprioception, and shooting accuracy in professional compound archers

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