Research in Sports Medicine and Technology

Comparison of the effect of internal and external focus of attention on testing core stability measurements

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Authors

Mehran Salimi
Hooman Minoonejad
Mohammad Karimizadeh Ardakani
Mohammad Javad Sherafat
Elahe Arab Ameri

University of Tehran

Abstract
Purpose: Core endurance is one of the factors that measuring the core stability. Researches have shown that the change in the attention during the activities causes changes in the electromyography activity of the muscles as well as changes in the quality of the movement. The purpose of this research is to determine whether changes in the focus of the attention can change the measurement of the core stability. Methods: 22 healthy non-athletes participated in this research ((,which their core stability was measure by McGill test. These people were divided into three groups and performed this test in three consecutive days with a different attention (internal, external, control). Results: The results of the one-way repeated-measures ANOVA showed that there was a significant main effect of type of attention on core stability of nonathletic persons. However, the average core stability of the external attention stage was significantly higher than the average of the pre-test stage (P<0.001). CONCLUSION: Focus of attention can cause changes in the measurement of the core stability, in such a way that adopting the external focus of attention during the test recorded more average core stability.










Keywords

Core Stability
External Focus of Attention
Internal Focus of Attention
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