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Background and aim: Core stability and strengthening of core stability muscles are among the new debates in sports medicine. The present study aimed to determine the effect of CX WORX exercises, one type of stability exercise, on proprioception and strength of selected muscles in basketball players with trunk defects. Methods: Thirty female basketball players with trunk defects were selected by available sampling and randomly placed in two control and training groups. Trunk defects through the tuck jump test, knee, and ankle proprioception using a goniometer, trunk proprioception using Kinovea software, the strength of knee flexors and extensors, hip abductors and external rotators, and basketball players' trunk flexors and extensors using a dynamometer were evaluated. CX WORX exercises were performed by the training group for six weeks. Paired sample t-tests and covariance analysis were used to analyze the data . Results: The results of the present study show a significant effect of CX WORX exercises on trunk (P=0.014), ankle (P=0.000), and knee (P=0.000) proprioception and the strength of knee (P=0.000), and trunk extensors (P=0.000), abductors (P= 0.000) and external rotator of the hip (P=0.000) of the subjects of the experimental group compared to the control group, but no significant difference was observed between the strength of the knee flexor muscles between the two groups (P>0.05) . Conclusion: According to the results, CX WORX exercises improved trunk, ankle, and knee proprioception and the strength of the knee and trunk extensor, hip abductor, and external rotator muscles of basketball players with trunk defects. Therefore, it is suggested that experts in the field of health and corrective exercise use CX WORX exercises with the aim of increasing proprioception and muscle strength of basketball players with trunk defects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
