Core stability training: Applications to sports conditioning programs

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 979-985

  Willardson, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Injury prevention and rehabilitation; Muscle activation; Muscular endurance; Sports performance; Strength

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; ENDURANCE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; THORAX;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SPORTS; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; THORAX;

EID: 34548657417     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-20255.1     Document Type: Review

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