Core stability exercise principles

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-44

  Akuthota, Venu ^a   Ferreiro, Andrea ^a   Moore, Tamara ^b   Fredericson, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Sports and Orthopedic Leaders Physical Therapy   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANATOMY; BACKACHE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERAPY EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINE; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 40949116694     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CSMR.0000308663.13278.69     Document Type: Review

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