Trunk stabilization training: An evidence basis for the current state of affairs

Effectiveness of postoperative home-exercise compared with usual care on kinesiophobia and physical activity in spondylolisthesis: A randomized controlled trial

“…The main aims of the 12-month back-specific exercise programme were to improve lumbar spine control and to increase trunk and hip muscle coordination, strength and endurance. Exercises were selected partially on the basis of electromyographic studies in healthy subjects and LSF patients (16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22). The muscle groups trained were the abdominal, gluteal, thigh, and low back muscles.…”

A Combined Treatment Approach Emphasizing Impairment-Based Manual Therapy and Exercise for Hip-Related Compensatory Injury in Elite Athletes: A Case Series

“…18,24,51 (Table 3) A focus on eccentric-based exercise was implemented based on findings supporting its impact on mobility, strength, and injury risk. 52,53,54 Core exercise was progression from specific stabilization 55 techniques to more general stabilization and strengthening exercises that focus on global recruitment and muscle synergies. Tasks such and jogging, shuffling, jumping and skill development were implemented along with continued sport-specific cardiovascular conditioning.…”

The Role of Core Strengthening for Chronic Low Back Pain

“…Many clinicians avoid using the term “instability” because it has many connotations, mainly surgical. So other clinicians have derived different terms, for example, mid range segmental motion abnormality (MRSMA) [1], which refers to functional hypermobility that occurs with the loss of the instantaneous locus of rotation at a specific segment that results from disk and/or zygapophysial joint degeneration. MRSMA is to be differentiated from frank translational instability, such as with spondylolisthesis, the latter being more likely to be treated with a surgical fusion.…”