Relationship between core muscle strength and dynamic balance among hospital staff

Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy

Table 3 Correlations between plank test and MSEBT

	r	p value	Strength of correlation
Plank test (s) with anterior reach (%LL) correlation
Right	.442^a	.010	Moderate
Left	− .042	.418	Weak
Dominant	.446^b	.010	Moderate
Non-dominant	.335^a	.044	Moderate
Plank test (s) with posteromedial reach (%LL) correlation
Right	.338^a	.042	Moderate
Left	.275	.083	Weak
Dominant	.395^a	.021	Moderate
Non-dominant	.277	.081	Weak
Plank test (s) with posterolateral reach (%LL) correlation
Right	.208	.149	Weak
Left	.179	.186	Weak
Dominant	.211	.145	Weak
Non-dominant	.174	.193	Weak
Plank test (s) with composite score (%LL) correlation
Right	.355^a	.035	Moderate
Left	.297	.066	Weak
Dominant	.355^a	.034	Moderate
Non-dominant	.296	.067	Weak

Note. s seconds, %LL percentage of lower limb reach, r Pearson’s correlation coefficient
^aSignificant at 0.05
^bSignificant at 0.01