Table 3.

Pearson correlation between core strength, core endurance and core motor control tests with athletic performance tests: all sports (n=83)

Characteristic of core stability	Statistic	Athletic performance tests
		Sprint	T-test	VJ	MBCT
IBE (strength)	Correlation	−0.13	−0.44	0.38	0.36
	p-value	0.26	0.00*	0.00*	0.00*
	95% CI	−0.33 to 0.09	−0.60 to −0.25	0.17 to 0.55	0.15 to 0.53
IBE (endurance)	Correlation	−0.16	0.10	−0.14	−0.09
	p-value	0.16	0.37	0.21	0.42
	95% CI	−0.36 to 0.06	−0.12 to 0.31	−0.34 to 0.08	−0.30 to 0.13
LF (strength)	Correlation	−0.10	−0.39	0.90	0.51
	p-value	0.35	0.00*	0.00*	0.00*
	95% CI	−0.31 to 0.12	−0.55 to −0.18	0.19 to 0.56	0.33 to 0.65
LF (endurance)	Correlation	−0.28	−0.06	0.05	0.09
	p-value	0.01*	0.59	0.65	0.43
	95% CI	−0.47 to −0.07	−0.27 to 0.16	−0.17 to 0.26	−0.13 to 0.30
AF (strength)	Correlation	−0.05	−0.44	0.44	0.48
	p-value	0.62	0.00*	0.00*	0.00*
	95% CI	−0.27 to 0.16	−0.60 to −0.25	0.24 to 0.60	0.30 to 0.63
AF (endurance)	Correlation	−0.35	−0.18	0.34	0.27
	p-value	0.00*	0.10	0.00*	0.01*
	95% CI	−0.52 to −0.14	−0.38 to 0.04	0.13 to 0.51	0.06 to 0.46
NMC	Correlation	−0.32	−0.12	−0.05	−0.05
	p-value	0.00*	0.27	0.68	0.65
	95% CI	−0.50 to −0.11	−0.33 to 0.10	−0.26 to 0.17	−0.26 to 0.17

^*Indicates statistically significant (p<0.05).

Bold values indicates moderate, moderately strong and strong correlations. VJ, vertical jump; MBCT, medicine ball chest throw; IBE, isometric back extension; LF, lateral flexion; AF, abdominal flexion; NMC, neuromuscular control.