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Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2010 Sep;40(9):551–558. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2010.3325

TABLE 3.

Five Phases of the Core Stability Portion of Neuromuscular Training Program

Reference	Phase 1	Phase 2	Phase 3	Phase 4	Phase 5
Hewett 1999,¹⁰ Mandelbaum 2005¹⁵	Lateral jump and hold	Lateral jumps	Lateral hop and hold	Lateral hops	X-hops
Hewett 1999¹⁰	Step-hold	Jump single-leg hold	Hop-hold	Hop-hop-hold	Crossover-hop-hop-hold
Myer 2007¹⁹	BOSU (round) toe touch swimmers^*	BOSU (round) swimmers with partner perturbations^*	Prone bridge (elbows and knees) hip extension opposite shoulder flexion^*	Prone bridge (elbows and toes) hip extension^*	Prone bridge (elbows and toes) hip extension opposite shoulder flexion^*
Myer 2007¹⁹	BOSU (round) double-knee hold	BOSU (round) single-knee hold	Swiss ball bilateral kneel (FIGURE 4)	Swiss ball bilateral kneel with partner pertubations	Swiss ball bilateral kneel with lateral ball catch
Myklebust 2003,²¹ Petersen 2005²⁴	Single-leg lateral Airex hop-hold	Single-leg lateral BOSU (round) hop-hold	Single-leg lateral BOSU (round) hop-hold with ball catch	Single leg 4-way BOSU (round) hop-hold	Single-leg 4-way BOSU (round) hop-hold with ball catch
Hewett 1999¹⁰	Single-tuck jump soft landing	Double-tuck jump	Repeated-tuck jump	Side-to-side barrier tuck jumps	Side-to-side reaction barrier tuck jumps
Mandelbaum 2005¹⁵	Front lunges	Walking lunges	Walking lunges unilaterally weighted	Walking lunges with plate crossover	Walking lunges with unilateral shoulder press
Hewett 1999¹⁰	Lunge jumps^*	Scissor jumps^*	Lunge jumps unilaterally weighted^*	Scissor jumps unilaterally weighted^*	Scissor jumps with ball swivel^*
Mandelbaum 2005¹⁵	BOSU (flat) double-leg pelvic bridges^*	BOSU (flat) single-leg pelvic bridges^*	BOSU (round) single-leg pelvic bridges with weight^*	Supine Swiss ball hamstring curl^*	Russian hamstring curl with lateral touch^*
Myklebust 2003,²¹ Peterson 2005²⁴	Single-leg 90° hop-hold	Single-leg 90° Airex hop-hold (FIGURE 3)	Single-leg 90° Airex hop-hold reaction ball catch	Single-leg 180° Airex hop-hold	Single-leg 180° Airex hop-hold reaction ball catch
Myer 2007¹⁹	BOSU (round) lateral crunch	Box lateral crunch	BOSU (round) lateral crunch with ball catch	Swiss ball lateral crunch	Swiss ball lateral crunch with ball catch
Myklebust 2003,²¹ Peterson 2005²⁴	Box double-crunch	Box swivel double-crunch	BOSU (round) swivel ball touches (feet up)	BOSU (round) double-crunch	BOSU (round) swivel double-crunch
Myer 2007¹⁹	Swiss ball back hyperextension^*	Swiss ball back hyperextension with ball reach^*	Swiss ball hyperextensions with back fly^*	Swiss ball hyperextensions with ball reach lateral^*	Swiss ball hyperextensions with lateral ball catch^*

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