TABLE S1.
Search strategy
| Steps | Stategy | WOS | Scopus | Sports Discuss | PubMed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “core muscle” | 401 | 584 | 232 | 292 | 1509 |
| 2 | “torso” | 9594 | 15035 | 3458 | 202731 | 230818 |
| 3 | trunk | 76311 | 112484 | 8122 | 259555 | 456472 |
| 4 | abdominal | 321307 | 619166 | 8201 | 477254 | 1425928 |
| 5 | S1 OR S2 OR S3 OR S4 | 402299 | 735331 | 17060 | 616890 | 1771580 |
| 6 | “endurance training” | 6013 | 10639 | 4051 | 5196 | 25899 |
| 7 | stability | 1881252 | 2226181 | 17615 | 782176 | 4907224 |
| 8 | “resistance training” | 12504 | 23293 | 10648 | 15262 | 61707 |
| 9 | “strength training” | 7994 | 8602 | 11199 | 5836 | 33631 |
| 10 | “plyometric exercise” | 261 | 1003 | 221 | 798 | 2283 |
| 11 | S6 OR S7 OR S8 OR S9 OR S10 | 1904791 | 2262590 | 40414 | 804990 | 5012785 |
| 12 | “athletic performance” | 5497 | 18670 | 4996 | 15050 | 44213 |
| 13 | performance | 5292466 | 6275769 | 212943 | 3697887 | 15479065 |
| 14 | “physical test” | 1070 | 4937 | 136 | 201 | 6344 |
| 15 | S12 OR S13 OR S14 | 5293188 | 6279313 | 213015 | 3697971 | 15483487 |
| 16 | S5 AND S11 AND S14 | 1579 | 1481 | 605 | 3874 | 7539 |
| With filter After duplicates |
772 | 944 | 587 | 502 | 2805 1929 |