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abstractComparison
of two different warm-up protocols on functional performance in athletes Moazzam H Khan1, Shibili Nuhmani2, Gagan Kapoor3 1Central Reserve Police Force, New Delhi, India 2Department of Rehabilitation Sciences Jamia Hamdard, India 3Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad, India
Abstract
Study objective was to know that which warm-up protocol will be more effective in improving athletics performance. Material
and method. Study design: post test same subject group design.
Settings: central reserve police force, Okhla, New Delhi.
Subjects: 30 healthy athlete volunteers, male, hockey player of age
18-24 years, participated in the study. Measurement: a total number of
30 homogenous subjects were randomly assigned into two groups, group A
and B, each group consisted of 15 subjects. The two warm-up
protocols were used, ice pack with active warm-up and hot pack with
active warm-up. Initially treatment was randomized between groups
following which it was conveniently switched over to the subjects. Each
warm-up protocol was given at least 48 hours after the previous
protocol. After all the warm-up protocols three maximal performance
tests, single leg vertical jump height, forty yard sprint and agility
shuttle run was done for each subjects. Results. Repeated measure
ANOVA with post hoc analysis Bonferroni was used to compare all the
three performance tests after all the warm-up protocol. The result
indicates that there is highly significant difference after hot pack
with active warm-up then the ice pack with active warm-up
protocol in single leg vertical jump height, forty yard sprint
and agility shuttle run (P < 0.05). Conclusion. The study
result showed that hot pack with Active warm-up was more effective then
ice pack with active warm-up in improving athletics performance.
Key
words:performance, warm-up, vertical jump, sprint, agility
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Comparison of two different warm-up protocols on functional performance in athletes
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