VELOCITY SPORTS PERFORMANCE CHERRY HILL

EXERCISE OF THE WEEK.A new study was recently published in JOSPT by Rafael Escamilla to assess core muscle activation during Swiss ball and and traditional abdominal exercises. This is a great research topic as the Swiss ball (or physioball, exercise ball, etc.) is widely believed to enhance core EMG. Selecting core exercises is typically more complicated than most people think. Sometimes I worry that too many people just try to create new exercises that look different and promote them as new "functional" techniques without any efficacy or research validation. Articles like this help us select the most appropriate exercises as much as we can. Escamilla, R. (2010). Core Muscle Activation During Swiss Ball and Traditional Abdominal Exercises Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2010.3073

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