Comparison of Pilates and Traditional Plank in Recreational Badminton Players.

Riphah International University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Sports Physical Therapy

Treatments

Other: Pilates exercise program group

Other: Traditional plank exercise program group

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05060081

REC/01019 Najla Ammar

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare the effects of Pilates exercise and traditional plank exercise training on core muscle strength, balance and agility in recreational badminton players

Full description

In modern era, badminton is one of the most famous and played sports worldwide. As compared to other indoor games, badminton is considered to be the finest sports as it occupies a place of pride for both as an individual and team sport. It is a technical and complex sport activity that need massive core strength and whole body strength in strokes, powerful smashes, alertness, well balance and coordination during postural movement in the premises of the court. Notable, to be competitive in badminton, players need to be able to move quickly toward well balanced position that permits them to tackle quickly to hit the shuttlecock.

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of pilates exercises and traditional plank exercise training on core muscle strength, balance and agility in recreational badminton players.

Enrollment

28 patients

Sex

All

Ages

15 to 35 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Players playing badminton for > 1 year
Players engaging in badminton ≥ 3 days in a week

Exclusion criteria

History of any injury in past 6 months
Those players having musculoskeletal, neurological or cardiorespiratory problems
Those players who have any medical conditions