Does Shoulder Girdle Strengthening Exercises have an Effect on Grip Strength in Adolescent Recreational Tennis Players? A Randomised Controlled Trial
| Autor: | Roopa Rajendra Desai, Pallavi Subhash Desai, Neha Rahul Kulkarni, Tushar Jai Krishna Palekar, Vanisha John Steven |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Vol 15, Iss 12, Pp 01-04 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |
| DOI: | 10.7860/JCDR/2021/50314.15778 |
| Popis: | Introduction: There is a correlation of shoulder girdle strength on grip strength but its effect remains unobserved in adolescent recreational tennis players due to insufficient training time received by recreational players. Aim: To evaluate the effect of shoulder girdle strengthening exercises on grip strength and to find correlation between shoulder strength and grip strength in recreational adolescent tennis players. Materials and Methods: The present study was randomised controlled trial, in which 50 adolescent lawn tennis players meeting the inclusion criteria of age range between 9-19 years were selected and randomised into two groups. Group A received shoulder girdle strengthening exercises for three alternate days per week for four weeks whereas no exercises were performed by group B participants. The assessment was done for grip strength and shoulder strength at the baseline, by the end of the 2nd week and by the end of the 4th week for both the groups using hand-held dynamometer and seated medicine ball throw test to see the effect of shoulder girdle strengthening exercises on grip strength. The data was analysed in software MedCalc using repeated measure Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Results: The analysis showed statistical significance of p-value |
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