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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4251</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.132311</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Assessment of Core Strength and Stability Among Postmenopausal Women&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Siddhi</surname><given-names>Bhosale</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Komal</surname><given-names>Bhosale</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Anandh</surname><given-names>S</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>1</day><month>12</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>3)</volume><issue/><fpage>69</fpage><lpage>75</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Objective: Core strength and stability is an important part of postmenopausal women health. The study aims to assess the strength and stability of the core in postmenopausal women concerning their age of menopause and gravid status using respective special tests. Methods: A total of 96 healthy postmenopausal women were included in the study based upon the age criteria according to the Indian menopausal Society (IMS). The participants were screened healthy using the PARQ questionnaire. Demographic data of the subjects were collected. Following the warm-up, the core strength and stability was assessed using the Isometric Abdominal test, Isometric Extensor test, Side Bridge test. With a rest period of 5 minutes between each test, the tests outcome values were measured. Result: The result was statistically analysed using ANOVA. In the Isometric Abdominal test, the p-value for the age of menopause was __ampersandsignlt;0.0001 and for gravid status, it was __ampersandsignlt;0.0001 showing an extremely significant difference. In the Isometric Extensor test, the p-value for the age of menopause was __ampersandsignlt;0.0001 and for gravid status, it was __ampersandsignlt;0.0001 showing an extremely significant difference. In the Side Bridge test, the p-value for the age of menopause was 0.0022 and for gravid status, it was __ampersandsignlt;0.0001 showing an extremely significant difference. It shows that core strength is greatly influenced by gravid status and age of menopause. Conclusion: The result of our study concludes that there is quite a significant difference in core strength assessed among post-menopausal women in comparison to their age of menopause and gravid status.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd> Age of menopause</kwd><kwd> Core strength</kwd><kwd> Gravid status</kwd><kwd> Isometric Abdominal test</kwd><kwd> Isometric Extensor test</kwd><kwd> Postmenopause</kwd><kwd> Side Bridge test</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
