Association Between Body Mass Index and Core Muscle Endurance in Young Adults- A Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

Background Body mass index (BMI) is an indirect measure of body composition that is frequently used as an efficient test in fitness settings. Core muscles are meant for endurance to deliver their function of stabilizing trunk and transferring the forces across the limb.They are among the most important prerequisite for optimum posture,back and pelvis health but due to changes in lifestyle in present scenario most of young adults are spending time being sedentary which impacts the core muscle strength and endurance adversely.The relationship between BMI and core endurance has not been studied with any constant results and also very few studies talk about young adults.So present study aims to find association between BMI and core muscle endurance in young adults