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This study aimed to compare and rank the postural control challenge imposed by five different isometric variations of the Pallof press exercise through a smartphone accelerometer placed on the participants\u2019 pelvis and to explore sex differences in the lumbopelvic postural control during the exercise performance. Materials and Methods: Twelve physically active participants completed two testing sessions in which they performed two sets of five different isometric variations of the Pallof press exercise (changing the body position and\/or the support surface: kneeling on a foam pad, feet together standing on the floor, tandem stance on the floor, feet together standing on a hemisphere ball, and tandem stance on a hemisphere ball). After confirming the acceleration data reliability (intraclass correlation coefficients \u2265 0.72 and typical errors \u2264 17%), a repeated measure ANOVA was carried out to classify the Pallof press variations according to the postural control challenge imposed on the participants and to analyze sex differences on postural control. Results: Significant effects were found for the within-subject factor exercise variations but not for the between-subject factor sex. Pairwise comparisons showed that the exercise variations performed on the hemisphere ball (feet together standing: 0.55 m\/s2; tandem stance: 0.61 m\/s2) imposed higher postural control demands than those performed on the other surfaces (kneeling on a foam pad: 0.17 m\/s2; feet together standing on the floor: 0.22 m\/s2; tandem stance on the floor: 0.31 m\/s2). In addition, the tandem stance on the floor produced higher lumbopelvic accelerations than the Pallof press kneeling variation. Conclusions: The Pallof press performance in standing rather than kneeling (i.e., reducing the base of support and raising the center of gravity and the height of the lateral force applied by the elastic band) and on a hemisphere ball increased the exercise difficulty compared to more stable surfaces. This information could help to modulate the difficulty and establish progressions for this exercise in physically active young males and females.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina61020312","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,11]],"date-time":"2025-02-11T11:01:08Z","timestamp":1739271668000},"page":"312","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Effect of Body Position and Support Surface on the Postural Control Challenge During the Pallof Press Exercise: A Smartphone Accelerometer-Based Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"61","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4458-0209","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Casto","family":"Juan-Recio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Sports Research Centre, Department of Sport Sciences, Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University of Elche, Avda. de la Universidad s\/n, 03202 Alicante, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-8721-8429","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Amaya","family":"Prat-Luri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sports Research Centre, Department of Sport Sciences, Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University of Elche, Avda. de la Universidad s\/n, 03202 Alicante, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Heidy","family":"Rond\u00f3n-Espinosa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sports Research Centre, Department of Sport Sciences, Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University of Elche, Avda. de la Universidad s\/n, 03202 Alicante, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4314-9185","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"David","family":"Barbado","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sports Research Centre, Department of Sport Sciences, Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University of Elche, Avda. de la Universidad s\/n, 03202 Alicante, Spain"},{"name":"Institute for Health and Biomedical Research, ISABIAL Foundation, Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University of Elche, Avda Pintor Baeza, 12\u2014Planta 5a Centro de Diagn\u00f3stico, 03010 Alicante, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4792-8087","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Francisco J.","family":"Vera-Garcia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sports Research Centre, Department of Sport Sciences, Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University of Elche, Avda. de la Universidad s\/n, 03202 Alicante, Spain"},{"name":"Institute for Health and Biomedical Research, ISABIAL Foundation, Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University of Elche, Avda Pintor Baeza, 12\u2014Planta 5a Centro de Diagn\u00f3stico, 03010 Alicante, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"754","DOI":"10.2519\/jospt.2007.2471","article-title":"Electromyographic analysis of core trunk; hip; and thigh muscles during 9 rehabilitation exercises","volume":"37","author":"Ekstrom","year":"2007","journal-title":"J. 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