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The Effects of Core Stability Training on Balance Testing in Young, Healthy Adults

Kahle, Nicole L.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=uthonors1245863136

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2009, B.S. in Exercise Science, University of Toledo, Exercise Science.
Dynamic balance is a key component of normal daily activities such as walking, running and climbing stairs. Since balance is such an important aspect of every day life, it is imperative to find programs useful for maintaining proper balance. One such suggestion that has been made in an effort to improve balance is the correlation between muscular strength training and enhanced balance. Training the core muscles especially has been hypothesized as an improvement program, but there is a lack of current scientific evidence to support this claim. Further investigation on the effect of a core stability program on balance is therefore needed in a effort to provide a balance maintenance program. Therefore, this study sets out to compare the effects of a core stability program on dynamic balance as measured with the Star Excursion Balance Test.Thirty participants (15 male, 15 female) with no known musculoskeletal injuries or neurologic deficits volunteered for the study. The participants were randomly divided into two groups, a control group and an exercise group. The control group performed an initial Star Excursion Balance Test followed by six weeks of no core strengthening exercises and a second Star Excursion Balance Test. The exercise group performed the first Star Excursion Balance Test followed by six weeks of a core stability program and a second Star Excursion test. The maximum excursion distances as normalized to leg length were recorded for each test. For a majority of the reach directions, maximum excursion distances improved for the exercise group when compared to the control group. This improvement in reach distance justifies the proposal of core strengthening improving dynamic postural control.
Dr. Phillip Gribble (Advisor)
38 p.
Sports Medicine
Core Stability, Dynamic Balance, Star Excursion Balance TestCore Stability; Dynamic Balance; Star Excursion Balance Test

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  • Kahle, N. L. (2009). The Effects of Core Stability Training on Balance Testing in Young, Healthy Adults [Undergraduate thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=uthonors1245863136

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kahle, Nicole. The Effects of Core Stability Training on Balance Testing in Young, Healthy Adults. 2009. University of Toledo, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=uthonors1245863136.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kahle, Nicole. "The Effects of Core Stability Training on Balance Testing in Young, Healthy Adults." Undergraduate thesis, University of Toledo, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=uthonors1245863136

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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