Clinical trial NCT06577129: Effects of Ladder Training Versus Plyometric Training Program
Official title: Effects of Ladder Training Versus Plyometric Training Program on Agility, Speed and Power in Domestic Female Cricket Players
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Sports Physical Therapy
Keywords: Ladder training, plyometric, female domestic players
Lead sponsor: Riphah International University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-08-29
Enrollment: 42
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: A team sport such as cricket consists of irregular sequences of high- and low-intensity motions utilising different metabolic pathways. Athlete performance in this sport is correlated with every facet of physical fitness, including muscular strength, agility, speed, anaerobic power (vertical leap), and aerobic capacity. All aspects of physical fitness, such as aerobic capacity, anaerobic power (vertical leap), agility, speed, and muscular strength, are related to success in this sport. Plyometric training that is repetitive and intermittent has been recommended as a useful tactic for cricket-specific training regimens. Plyometric exercise training is a type of workout regimen designed to enhance nervous system functioning and generate powerful, quick movements, ultimately improving sports performance. Plyometric training aims to increase muscular explosiveness, which enables an athlete to run more quickly, leap higher, or exert force more quickly. Because it takes into account the aspects of strength, power, balance, agility, coordination, core and joint stability, foot speed, hand-eye coordination, response time, and mobility, ladder training is a multidirectional kind of exercise. During ladder training, the four fundamental abilities utilized are running, skipping, shuffling, and leaping. These ladders are lightweight and portable, making them easy to carry and use both indoors and outdoors. The player's footwork will be significantly enhanced, leading to an increase in quickness, agility, and coordination following consistent use of various speed ladder training.

Detailed description: A team sport, cricket combines high- and low-intensity motions employing different metabolic pathways on occasion. Ladder training is a multidirectional type of exercise because it combines the elements of strength, power, balance, agility, coordination, core stability, and joint immovability. In many sports where the ability to leap, run, and change direction is required, plyometric training is used to enhance physical performance. These two have proven useful in helping athletes train for a variety of sports.

The study's goal was to compare the benefits of a plyometric training program vs a ladder training program on the agility, speed, and power of domestic female cricket players. The 42-person research sample was chosen at random. Two groups were created from the sample: group 1 received ladder training, while group 2 received plyometric training. The agility T test, the vertical leap test, and the 30-meter dash test were the result procedures. Following an 8-week course of therapy, the patients' outcome factors were evaluated.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age ranging from 18-25 year.
* Only female cricket players.
* Player with minimum 1- year experience of cricket.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Any cardiopulmonary problem.
* Lower extremity injuries of last 6 months(fractures, ligament ruptures).
* Players who were unable to complete ladder and plyometric training.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Vertical Jump test
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: 30 Yard dash test
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: Agility T test
timeFrame: 8 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Lahore
country: Pakistan
facility: Riphah International University
state: Punjab
Study officials:
affiliation: Riphah International University
name: Sania Akram, MS*
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Pechlivanos RG, Amiridis IG, Anastasiadis N, Kannas T, Sahinis C, Duchateau J, Enoka RM. Effects of plyometric training techniques on vertical jump performance of basketball players. Eur J Sport Sci. 2024 Jun;24(6):682-692. doi: 10.1002/ejsc.12097. Epub 2024 Mar 21.