*Department of physiotherapy, PtDDU Institute for physically handicapped (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment), Delhi, India,
**Sports Medicine Department, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi
***PT, Sports Medicine, Physiotherapy Department, Bara Hindu Rao Hospital, New Delhi,
****Demo (Physiotherapy) Department of physiotherapy, Pt DDU Institute for physically handicapped (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment), Delhi, India
Most of the studies concerned with injury prevention strategies have been conducted on competitively active population however No study actually tries to focus on reducing the incidence of injury during recreational sport participation.
The purpose of our study was to determine the effect of lumbar core stability training on the dynamic balance performance & core stability (CS) performance in non-professional outdoor sports players.
30 non-professional players who were recreationally active were randomly allocated into three groups1 Core stability training group (CSTG),2 conventional balance training group (BTG) and (3) control group (CTG). To determine the effect of training, on measures of dynamic balance the SEBT (Star Excursion balance test) performance was measured prior to & after the intervention. CS performance was evaluated using PBU (Pressure Bio-feedback) Sahrmann's Core stability test.
CSTG & BTG had significant improvement on the scores of dynamic balance. CS performance was improved only in CSTG. CTG showed no significant improvement in balance or core stability performances.
Core stability training (CST) & Balance training (BT) improve dynamic balance among non-professional otherwise uninjured players. CST further causes improvement in CS performance while BT does not improve it. CST provides dual advantages while BT (balance training) provides only balance enhancement. Control group improves neither dynamic balance nor core stability performance.
Core stability training, Balance training, TrA, Multifidus, Swiss ball, SEBT, PBU, Sahrmann's test
