Core Strengthening vs Pilates Exercises on Posture, Body Awareness and Fatigue Among Female Athletes

Effects of Core Strengthening and Pilates Exercises on Posture, Body Awareness, and Fatigue Among Female Athletes

The study is randomized and single-blinded. Ethical approval is taken from ethical committee of Riphah International University, Lahore. Participants who meet the inclusion criteria will be enrolled and allocated in group A & B through sealed envelope method by Non-probability Convenient random sampling technique. Subjects in Group A will receive Core Strengthening exercises. Group B will receive Pilates exercises.

The objective of the study is to determine the Effects of Core Strengthening and Pilates Exercises on Posture, Body Awareness, and Fatigue among Female Athletes. The study is randomized and single-blinded. Ethical approval is taken from ethical committee of Riphah International University, Lahore. Participants who meet the inclusion criteria will be enrolled and allocated in group A & B through sealed envelope method by Non-probability Convenient random sampling technique. Subjects in Group A will receive Core Strengthening exercises. Group B will receive Pilates exercises. York posture rating chart, body awareness scale, and modified fatigue impact scale will be done at the baseline and after the completion of treatment at 6 weeks.

The data will be analyzed by SPSS, version 25. Statistical significance is P=0.05.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Amateur female athletes 18-26 years of age,
• Duration of playing at least 6 months to 1 year,
• BMI <29 kg/m2, Core training not less than 4 weeks,
• Females having no previous injury that could interfere with the study,
• Females are not currently using nutritional supplements

Exclusion Criteria:

• Smoking,
• sleeping medications,
• complementary medicine use over the last six months,
• Stressful events in the past three months,
• presence of a physical or mental illness, or surgical history,
• Presence of any neurological and vascular disease,
• Participants having another exercise program which can affect the results,
• Participants who are not able to participate in any regular exercise program.