Background : The representation of women in high-performance sport has increased in recent decades. Good postural balance is a prerequisite for improving the control of voluntary movements in sports and, consequently, for enhancing athletic performance. Athletes have higher levels of body awareness than nonathletic population.

Objective: To determine the effects of Core Strengthening and Pilates Exercises on Posture, Body Awareness, and Fatigue among Female Athletes.

Methods The study was a randomized clinical trial design which was conducted at Pakistan Sports Board, Lahore through non-probability convenience sampling technique on 44 female athletes who were allocated using Random sampling using computerized generated numbers into groups A and B. There were 22 participants in each group. Subjects were enrolled according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Group A received core strengthening exercises with warm-up exercises while Group B received Pilates along with warm-up protocol. The treatment session was around 60 min for each patient with three sessions per week on alternate days for 6 weeks. Assessment of the patient’s posture, range, body awareness, and fatigue with a New York posture rating chart, body awareness scale, and modified fatigue impact scale was done. Data was analyzed by SPSS version 29.

Results The mean age of participants in group A was 20.54+2.04 and in group B was 21±2.44. There was significant difference in mean value of NPRYC score, BAQ score, MFIS score between core strengthening exercise group and Pilates exercise group at the end of 6 week of treatment (NPRYC P<.000)

Conclusion

This study concluded that Core strengthening exercises were more effective in improving MFIS score, body awareness and NPRYC score in female athlete individuals.

KEYWORDS: Awareness, core stability, fatigue, Pilates-Based Exercises