Research Article
The Bunkie Test: Descriptive Data for a Novel Test of Core Muscular Endurance
Table 3
Bunkie test scores (mean ± SD) for all subjects (
) based on age, BMI, and prior history of injury.
| Bunkie test position (seconds) | Age <26 y () | Age ≥26 y () | * | BMI <23 () | BMI ≥23 () | * | History of prior musculoskeletal injury | * | History of prior back injury | * | Yes () | No () | Yes () | No () |
| APL | | | | | | | | | | | | | R | 38.4 (17.7) | 39.1 (13.0) | 0.8 | 40.9 (17.4) | 36.4 (14.9) | 0.1 | 38.1 (16.0) | 39.5 (16.9) | 0.7 | 36.9 (17.8) | 39.1 (15.9) | 0.6 | L | 39.5 (15.9) | 41.1 (14.9) | 0.6 | 41.3 (16.6) | 38.8 (14.4) | 0.4 | 41.2 (16.4) | 37.8 (13.6) | 0.3 | 36.7 (15.8) | 41.0 (15.4) | 0.2 | LSL | | | | | | | | | | | | | R | 39.6 (20.4) | 46.8 (14.0) | 0.06 | 42.4 (17.9) | 41.6 (19.7) | 0.8 | 41.9 (19.3) | 42.1 (18.0) | 0.9 | 41.5 (22.9) | 42.1 (17.6) | 0.9 | L | 37.5 (18.6) | 43.6 (15.8) | 0.09 | 40.4 (18.5) | 38.6 (17.4) | 0.6 | 42.1 (18.4) | 34.6 (15.9) | 0.03 | 43.5 (20.5) | 38.4 (17.0) | 0.2 | PPL | | | | | | | | | | | | | R | 45.7 (22.0) | 48.8 (22.3) | 0.5 | 50.7 (20.1) | 42.9 (23.4) | 0.06 | 47.6 (23.2) | 45.2 (19.9) | 0.6 | 46.3 (21.9) | 46.9 (22.2) | 0.9 | L | 46.4 (25.5) | 55.0 (28.1) | 0.1 | 53.4 (23.9) | 45.2 (28.6) | 0.1 | 52.0 (30.2) | 44.2 (17.1) | 0.1 | 50.0 (29.3) | 49.0 (25.9) | 0.9 | PSL | | | | | | | | | | | | | R | 38.8 (17.5) | 38.1 (17.0) | 0.8 | 42.1 (17.3) | 35.2 (16.7) | 0.04 | 38.2 (17.5) | 39.2 (17.0) | 0.8 | 38.9 (19.6) | 38.5 (16.7) | 0.9 | L | 39.4 (18.1) | 36.3 (16.4) | 0.4 | 41.6 (16.7) | 35.2 (17.9) | 0.05 | 37.1 (16.4) | 40.7 (19.5) | 0.3 | 37.8 (18.3) | 38.5 (17.4) | 0.8 | MSL | | | | | | | | | | | | | R | 23.6 (15.5) | 23.6 (14.1) | 0.9 | 25.3 (12.9) | 22.1 (16.8) | 0.3 | 23.0 (16.0) | 24.7 (13.2) | 0.6 | 19.2 (13.2) | 24.9 (15.4) | 0.1 | L | 22.0 (14.4) | 22.6 (13.1) | 0.8 | 23.7 (12.0) | 20.7 (15.6) | 0.3 | 22.6 (14.8) | 21.3 (12.2) | 0.7 | 20.4 (12.9) | 22.7 (14.2) | 0.5 |
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*Independent t-tests. APL = anterior power line; LSL = lateral stabilizing line; PPL = posterior power line; PSL = posterior stabilizing line; MSL = medial stabilizing line.
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