Original Research Article
Year: 2023 | Month: July | Volume: 13 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 280-289
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20230740
A Study to Determine the Effect of 12 Weeks Sports Specific Training Program on Physical and Physiological Variables in Amateur Basketball Players - A Randomized Controlled Trial
Pradeep Borkar1, A N Badwe2
1Department of Ortho and Sports Physiotherapy, Dr.APJ Abdul kalam College of Physiotherapy,
2Department Physiology, Padmashree Vithalrao Vikhe patil Medical College, Pravara Institute of Medical
Sciences (Deemed to be University), Loni, India
Corresponding Author: Pradeep Borkar
ABSTRACT
AIM: A Study to determine the effect of 12 weeks sports specific training program on physical and Physiological variables in amateur basketball players- A Randomized Controlled Trial
Objectives: To evaluate effectiveness of basketball-specific training program on selective physical, physiological variables in amateur basketball players.
Methods: Randomized controlled trial with concealed allocation, blinding of the accessor, and intention to treat analysis. Participants: 56 amateur basketball players participated regularly in basketball practice. Intervention: The experimental group undertook sports specific training program with a session of 60 min thrice a week for 12 weeks. The control group performed the usual conditioning program Outcome measures: Agility, Speed, and flexibility, vertical Jump, Anaerobic Power, Fatigue Index, VO2 max, were assessed at week 0 and week 12.
Results: Randomization allocated 29 participants in each group. Three participants from the experimental group and two from the control group did not complete the study. After 12 weeks the mean between-group difference in speed was -1.51 Sec in favor of the experimental group was a very precise estimate (95% CI -1.80 to -1.21), for Agility was (4.47 to 6.02 sec), for flexibility was (-13 to 10.3 cm), for Vo2 max it was (6.48 to 11.22). The anaerobic power was (-163.16 to 32.48) and the fatigue index was between 2.56 to 3.
Conclusion: Basketball sports-specific training program that incorporates basketball-specific exercises have shown improvement in the level of physical, physiological related variables in amateur basketball players. The effect appears to be more significant when the program is implemented for 12 weeks.
Trial registration Number: CTRI/2020/02/023553.
Key words: Strength Training, Team Sports, Aerobic fitness, Amateur Basketball players.