Intensive unilateral core training improves trunk stability without preference for trunk left or right rotation
- Authors
- Kim, Yushin; Kim, Jungjin; Yoon, BumChul
- Issue Date
- 2015
- Publisher
- IOS PRESS
- Keywords
- Postural control; trunk stability; core training; direction; perturbation
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF BACK AND MUSCULOSKELETAL REHABILITATION, v.28, no.1, pp.191 - 196
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF BACK AND MUSCULOSKELETAL REHABILITATION
- Volume
- 28
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 191
- End Page
- 196
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/96381
- DOI
- 10.3233/BMR-140569
- ISSN
- 1053-8127
- Abstract
- BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: It is possible to increase multi-directional trunk stability using co-activation. However, it is unclear whether there is a preference for left or right trunk rotation after intensive unilateral stability training. The aim of this study was to examine the directional preference in trunk rotational stability after unilateral core training. MATERIAL AND METHOD: This study was conducted on 16 female basketball players. For eight weeks, eight participants performed unilateral core training that focused on one side of the trunk. The remaining eight participants were not provided any additional training. To determine rotational trunk stability, all participants were requested to maintain an upright sitting posture against sudden, external, left or right rotational perturbations of the trunk. Angular displacement of the trunk was measured using a motion analyzer. RESULTS: At the end of the training period, the angular displacement in response to the perturbation was reduced for both rotational directions (left: -26%, right: -24%) in the trained group (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: This study showed that trunk stability improved without particular directional preference in response to unilateral core training. This result adds to our understanding of the nature of trunk stability and multi-directional improvement.
- Files in This Item
- There are no files associated with this item.
- Appears in
Collections - College of Health Sciences > School of Health and Environmental Science > 1. Journal Articles
Items in ScholarWorks are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.