What Effect do Core Strength and Stability have on Injury Prevention and Recovery?

Evidence-based Sports Medicine, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 59-72

  Heiderscheit, Bryan ^a   Sherry, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Core strengthening; Injury prevention; Low back pain (LBP); Performance training; Sports rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954326282     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470988732.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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