Plyometric and Complex Training in Male Cricket Players

King Saud University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Functional Performance

Treatments: Other: Complex training exercises; Other: Plyometric training exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05646914

16.11.2015

Details and patient eligibility

About

The complex training starts with a high load of resistance training that is succeeded by plyometric training. This combination aims at improving the efficacy of the plyometric training stimulus, thus increasing the neuromuscular response, explosive strength, and power. This response might further be improved by making appropriate variations in the dosage parameters of complex training. Previously available literature reports conflicting evidence, with some studies supporting the effectiveness of complex training for improving power output in sports, whereas others contradict this rationale. There is a paucity of research evidence that directly compares the efficacy of plyometric and complex training for the outcomes of physical performance in cricket players.

Enrollment: 42 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 26 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• University-level cricket players
• Age of 18 to 26 years
• Playing competitively at least once a month
• Involved in resistance training for at least six months
• Working knowledge of the english language

Exclusion criteria

• A history of severe neurological deficit, injury or concussion in the past six months,
• Operative treatment for lower or upper limb in the past six months,
• Current musculoskeletal pain (any level of chronicity)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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42 participants in 3 patient groups

Complex training group

Experimental group

Description:

Plyometric exercises along with resistance exercises were performed.

Treatment:

Other: Complex training exercises

Plyometric training group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Plyometric exercises were performed.

Treatment:

Other: Plyometric training exercises

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Routine training was performed.