title: Core strengthening.
abstract: Core strengthening has become a major trend in rehabilitation. The term has been used to connote lumbar stabilization, motor control training, and other regimens. Core strengthening is, in essence, a description of the muscular control required around the lumbar spine to maintain functional stability. Despite its widespread use, core strengthening has had meager research. Core strengthening has been promoted as a preventive regimen, as a form of rehabilitation, and as a performance-enhancing program for various lumbar spine and musculoskeletal injuries. The intent of this review is to describe the available literature on core strengthening using a theoretical framework.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To understand the concept of core strengthening.
authors.affiliation: Departmento fRehabilitation MEdicine, University of Colorado, Denver, USA. venu.akuthota@uchsc.edu
authors.forename: Venu
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Akuthota
authors.forename: Scott F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Nadler
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000503:physiopathology