The myth of core stability

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-98

  Lederman, Eyal ^a  

^a CPDO Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic lower back and neuromuscular rehabilitation; Core stability; Spinal stabilisation; Transversus abdominis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CORE STABILITY; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT STABILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REHABILITATION CARE; SPINE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ABDOMEN; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREGNANCY; SPINE; WEIGHT GAIN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 72049100120     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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