Clinical trial NCT06955091: Effects of Contrast Strength Training in Badminton Players
Official title: Effects of Contrast Strength Training on Agility, Power and Explosive Speed in Badminton Players
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Sports
Keywords: agility
badminton
power
resistance training
speed
Lead sponsor: Riphah International University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-05-02
Enrollment: 48
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 17
Maximum age (years): 28
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Badminton is one of the most popular sports worldwide. In general, badminton jumping actions have two goals: achieve maximum height and reach a precise location using certain body movements. Both objectives are important in badminton and must be considered when conducting practical training sessions and imparting techniques. The players should have agility to move on the court forward sideward and backward to do many actions with high speed. They require sports specific training to achieve power, stability and agility in the ground for a powerful performance. Contrast strength training is multi-intervention programs and it has a certain influence on agility, power and speed. A sample size of 48 badminton players from Pakistan Sports Board, university level and badminton club players will be taken through Non-Probability Convenience Sampling technique. Sample size of players with age group between 17-28 years will be taken. Players will be selected on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria and will be equally divided into two groups by random number generator table. Group A experimental group will perform contrast strength training. Group B participants of the control group will follow their standard badminton practice over the same duration with no strength training design. Before and after completion of the respective training agility and power will be assessed through t-test and vertical jump test. For explosive speed 40-yard dash will be performed. Data will be analyzed by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) for Windows Version 25.

Detailed description: This study aims to examine the effects of contrast strength training on agility, power, and speed in badminton players. Data will be analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), version 25

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* • Both male and female athletes.

  * Participants between the age of 17-28.(10)
  * Have been playing on a regular basis three-four times a week(21)
  * Players must have been playing badminton for more than 2 years.(22)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Athletes with systemic and neuromuscular issue(1)
* Players have musculoskeletal problem which can hinder the trainings.(10)
* Received surgery in the three years prior to the study or had undergone rehabilitation within the past year.(1)
* Could not commit to full participation in the study's training regimes.
* Did not practice any training in the last six months(10)
* History of injury in past 6 months(10)
* Previous history of fracture, previous injury, open wounds.(10)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Agility T Test
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: Vertical Jump Power Test
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: 40-Yd Speed Test
timeFrame: 8 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Lahore
country: Pakistan
facility: Pakistan sports Board Lahore
state: Punjab
Study officials:
affiliation: Riphah International University
name: Muzna ShahidMunir
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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