Correlation between core endurance and athletic performance in basketball players

Background: Basketball is a physically demanding sport requiring intense lateral, running, sprinting and jumping movements. Because much of their training incorporates the core, it is hypothesized that relationships exist between core endurance and performance in this population. This would also greatly impact the sports performance and rehabilitation literature as it would serve as the basis for sport specific exercise prescription and help with identifying appropriate training for higher level athletes.
Aims and Objectives- To assess core endurance of the athlete by McGill's core endurance test. To assess the athlete performance using t test,40-yard dash test and medicine ball throw test. To determine the correlation between core muscles endurance and athletic performance in basketball players.
Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted with a sample of 30basketball players between age of 18-25 years Also, players with a training period from 6 months to one year were included in the study. Individuals with Pre-existing MSK, neurological and cardiovascular disease, any abdominal injury in last 60 days, Acute injury or trauma, Untrained individuals were excluded. The study was started with performing MC Gill’s core endurance test on all the subjects followed by which all the athletic performance test were performed (vertical jump, 40-yard dash, T-test. Then the core endurance and athletic performance were correlated to determine whether there is an existing relationship between the two.
Results: A weak to moderate relationship exists between core endurance and athletic performance in basketball players.
Conclusion: The study concluded that core endurance does contribute to athletic performance and should be taken into consideration in basketball players training.