Effects of Pilates and Burpees Exercises in Core Strengthening and Dynamic Balance.

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sports Physical Therapy

Treatments: Other: Burpees exercises; Other: Pilate exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06196970

REC/RCR & AHS/23/0458

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will be a randomized clinical trial will be conducted in Ayub national park cricket club Sample size will be 48 to evaluate the effects of Pilates and Burpees exercises training among cricket players with an age range of 16-24 years. Non probability convenient sampling technique would be used. Participants will be randomly assigned to 2 groups. Group A will include participants who received Pilates exercises training (6 weeks) along with the warm up. Group B participant who will receive burpees exercise training (6 weeks) and warm up. Outcomes of both trainings are the effects on core strengthening and dynamic balance on players in A group and the B group. Post interventional assessment was done via Star excursion balance test, prone bridge test and 1 minute sit-up test. Data will be collected at baseline and 6 weeks. Data will be analyzed by SPSS version 25

Full description

Cricket is a most popular sport played throughout the world. It is played in three common formats depending on the duration of the game, firstly a Test match is played over 4-5 day's with around 90 overs per day Secondly One day match is shorter with 50 over on each side and the Last one is T-Twenty match much shorter with 20 over on each side. As each format places different physical demands on the players the require an extensive combination of tactics, skills and physical fitness in the form of strength, flexibility and balance. In our study we can focus on the basic core strengthening which is essential for physical fitness and better performance in the game. Primary the aim of this study is to evaluate the comparative effects of Pilates and Burpees exercises of core strengthening and dynamic stability of body in young cricket players

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 16 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Partipant should be a cricket player.
• Individual with age group of 16-24 years.
• Only male players without any history of fracture

Exclusion criteria

• Player who recieved any type of physical therapy session during last 2 months.
• Any type of soft tissue injury reported.
• Any type of deformity.
• Past history of surgical procedures.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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48 participants in 2 patient groups

Baseline warmup along with Pilate exercises

Experimental group

Description:

Pilate exercises: Group A perform Pilates exercises for 6 weeks. In the initial stage of training Pilates exercises with lo intensity then we proceeded gradually with high intensity. Pilates was performed for core strengthening and dynamic balance Pelvic curl, The hundred, Side plank with 4-5 rep, 30 sec hold and 3 sets with each exercise.

Treatment:

Other: Pilate exercises

: Baseline physical therapy treatment along with burpees exercises

Experimental group

Description:

Burpees Exercises: Group B perform Burpees exercises for 6 weeks. In initial weeks of training Burpees exercises with low intensity then we proceeded gradually with high intensity exercises. Burpees was performed for core strengthening and dynamic balance .10 to 15 repetition ,3 sets with rest interval of 10 sec after each set of exercises

Treatment:

Other: Burpees exercises