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Table 3 Answer to a series of questions about the application of core stability

From: Contemporary perspectives of core stability training for dynamic athletic performance: a survey of athletes, coaches, sports science and sports medicine practitioners

  

Total

Do you think it is necessary to include specific exercises to train core stability in a healthy, uninjured athlete’s exercise programme?

Yes

206 (85)

No

30 (12)

Do not know

5 (1)

Do you think it is possible to isolate and train the core stabilization system?

Yes

120 (50)

No

82 (34)

Do not know

39 (16)

Do you think it is effective to isolate and train the core stabilization system?

Yes

89 (37)

No

108 (45)

Do not know

44 (18)

Do you think that the core stability is automatically developed during normal, progressive exercise training?

Yes

157 (65)

No

67 (28)

Do not know

17 (7)

  1. Data presented as number and percentage (n (%)) of all respondents. Italics represent the highest response for each question