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NCT Number: NCT06658301

Comparative Study on the Effectiveness of Plyometric PU and Swiss Ball PU in Badminton Players

The aim of this study is to find out the comparative effect of plyometric push up and swiss ball push up in the management of throwing distance and accuracy among badminton player.

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Key information

Conditions

Sports Physical Therapy

Age range

16 year–30 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Pakistan Sports Board

Lahore, Punjab Province, 05450, Pakistan

About this study

In previous researches, little literature is available regarding comparison of the effectiveness of plyometric push-up and Swiss ball push-up specifically in the management of throwing distance in badminton players. There is a dire need to explore the comparative effects of these two training methods within the context of badminton. Moreover, Further studies exploring different approaches for throwing accuracy in badminton players are required in the existing researches.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Both Male and Females
  • Age 16-30 years
  • Sporting activity of minimum 40 minutes thrice a week
  • Subjects being engaged in sports that require athlete's arm to be above shoulder height on a repetitive basis during throwing.

Exclusion criteria

  • Spinal deformity
  • Cervical spine pathology
  • Glenohumeral subluxation
  • Any recent upper limb fracture
  • Recent Rotator cuff tear
  • Bone disease
  • Glenohumeral dislocation

Treatment and study plan

plyometric push up exercises

Other

The subjects will starts with push-up position with hands on the floor, place slightly wider than shoulder width apart and their feet together. Keeping their back flat, slowly lower the body toward the ground. Then in one explosive movement, push-up and away from the floor as quickly as possible, bring their hands off the floor.

swiss ball push up exercises

Other

. The subjects will start with kneeling position so that they will face the ball. Place their hands on top of the ball so that they can bend their elbows towards the body. Straight the legs out and raise themselves slightly higher so that they can be on their toes. Stay in neutral position. Straighten their arms at the elbows, so that they can push themselves up from the ball.

Primary outcomes

  1. Functional throwing performance index

    Time frame: 6 weeks

    Functional ability of the shoulder joint will be assessed using FTPI. The subject stood 15ft from a target, a 1ftx1ft square on at a height of 4ft from the floor. The object of the test is to throw a standard leather ball into the target as many times as possible over 30 second trails. Before testing, subject's will perform 8 throws as a warm-up. Test began immediately after the warm-up consists of the subject 22 throwing the ball into the target, catching the rebound of the wall and repeating as many times as possible within 30 seconds. The FTPI is calculated as the number throws with in the target divided by total number of balls thrown.

  2. Medicine ball throw test

    Time frame: 6 weeks

    Medicine ball throw test will be used to assess upper-body explosive power. Throwing distance will be measured by using the medicine ball throw test. In this test, participants will be instructed to throw a medicine ball as far as they could, in a walk stand position, holding the ball overhead with the dominant hand. The medicine ball will be used had a mass of 2 kg and diameter 56cm each subject performed 5 trials with 1 min rest between trails. The distance in meter to which the subject threw the medicine ball was measured with the measuring tape. The best of 5 trials will be taken and used for further analysis.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Riphah International University

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Registry information

Official study title

Comparative Study on the Effectiveness of Plyometric Push up and Swiss Ball Push up in the Management of Throwing Distance and Accuracy Among Badminton Players

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Oct 26, 2024
Registry last updated
Dec 27, 2024

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