Comparison of the Effects of External Focus and Internal Focus Instructions Applied Chronic Low Back Pain: RCT

"The first study on the external focus was made in 1998 by Wulf, Ho ¨ß, \& Prinz, (1998). Focusing on the inside of the body while performing a movement is called internal (internal focus), focusing on the outside of the body is called external (external focus). Previous studies have shown that external focus is substantially more effective than internal focus in the performance of a movement."

"he first study on the external focus was made in 1998 by Wulf, Ho ¨ß, \& Prinz, (1998). Focusing on the inside of the body while performing a movement is called internal (internal focus), focusing on the outside of the body is called external (external focus). Previous studies have shown that external focus is substantially more effective than internal focus in the performance of a movement."