ABSTRACT
Athletic movement demands the capacity to stabilise the lumbopelvic region in all three planes of motion, as the athlete must resist internal loads and external forces to maintain postural integrity and joint stability throughout the lower limb kinetic chain during movement (Leetun et al., 2004). The lumbopelvic–hip complex also represents a critical link from the point of view of transmitting forces generated during foot contact through the kinetic chain of lower limb joints and body segments to generate movement of the body as a whole (Gamble, 2009f). The ‘core’ muscles are described as functioning collectively as synergists for athletic activity (McGill, 2010). For such reasons the lumbopelvic complex has been described as the ‘anatomical basis for motion’ (Kibler et al., 2006).
