The effect of core-stability training on trunk strength
Item
- Title
- The effect of core-stability training on trunk strength
- Author(s)
- Hewitt Tamsin
- Abstract
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Introduction: Low back pain is common in the general population. Core-stability training is a method of specific sub-maximal training of local stabiliser muscles of the lumbar spine, designed to address functional changes contributing to low back pain. Previous studies have shown that core-stability training reduces severity & recurrence of low back pain. However, there is a paucity of published studies reporting the effect of core-stability training on the overall strength or endurance of the trunk. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of a six-week core-stability training program on trunk strength in flexion & extension, in healthy asymptomatic subjects.
Design: Experimental. A same-subject pre-post test study
Setting: Exercise Physiology Laboratory, British College of Osteopathic Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Method: Twenty-five healthy asymptomatic undergraduate osteopathic students participated in the study. Peak torque in trunk flexion & extension at 60°/second & 120°/second were measured on an isokinetic dynamometer pre-& post-intervention. A control group was included to investigate if there was a measurement effect. Intervention group: 17 subjects (9 male, 8 female), age 21-35 years (mean 25.6 ± 4.0) Six-week graded core-stability training program, with daily practice for 10-15 minutes Control group: 8 subjects (4 male, 4 female), age 21-27 years (mean 23.4 ± 1.9). Six-week interval with no intervention
Results: Statistical analysis using paired t-test revealed statistically significant increases (p<0.05) in peak torque in flexion & extension at 60°/second & 120°/second in the exercise group, and in male & female exercise subgroups. In the control group statistically significant increases in peak torque were found for certain measures. Statistical analysis using F-test & unpaired t-test indicated that the six-week core-stability training program produced an increase in trunk peak torque significantly greater (p< 0.05) than that attributable to a measurement effect for male subjects in extension at 60°/second & 120°/second; for female subjects in flexion at 60°/second & 120°/second, and in extension at 120°/second; and for mixed-sex subject groups in flexion at 60°/second & 120°/second, and in extension at 120°/second.
Conclusion: Results indicate that core stability training has the potential to improve trunk flexion & extension strength, but that further study is necessary to clarify results. - presented at
- British College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Date Accepted
- 0
- Date Submitted
- 1.1.1970 00:00:00
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 13584
- Inst-Identifier
- 1076
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Hewitt Tamsin, “The effect of core-stability training on trunk strength”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 4, 2025, https://www.osteopathic-research.org/s/orw/item/1173