Short-put athletes can improve performance with certain types of strength training.

Phase 4

Registration Number: CTRI/2023/09/057242

Lead Sponsor: o

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: ot Yet Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

Healthy shot-put athlete’s – 2021 PAR-Q+ pre participation evaluation questioner score of zero.(9)

Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH)-Sports/Performing Arts Module score of 0%.(10)

Male and female shot-put athletes.

Minimum shot-put throwing distance (power-position shot put throwing)

For Boys (with 6kg shot put) – 8 mts and above

For Girls (with 4kg shot put) – 6 mts and above

Athletes aged between 19 and 24 yrs.

Athletes in and around Bangalore.

Athletes willing to participate in the study, sign the consent form and strictly following the exercise protocol.

Exclusion Criteria

History of recent upper limb trauma: shoulder trauma or current shoulder pathology (traumatic injury, glenohumeral joint dislocation, acromioclavicular joint separation, a history of shoulder, waist and chest surgery, fracture or dislocation of the affected shoulder, inflammatory joint disease, fibromyalgia) elbow injuries, wrist and hand injuries (16)

History of recent lower limb trauma: hip trauma or current hip, knee & ankle pathology, a history of hip, knee and ankle, surgery,

History of recent spinal trauma: cervical, thoracic & lumbar trauma or current pathology (cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis, IVDP etc) (16)

Sever musculoskeletal disease like osteoarthritis restraining the athletes to perform.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Primary: <br/ ><br>1.Shotput throwing distance <br/ ><br>2.Shoulder Muscle strength <br/ ><br>Secondary:Timepoint: pre 0 week <br/ ><br>post 8 week <br/ ><br>follow up 10 week <br/ ><br>2.Shoulder Muscle strength <br/ ><br>Secondary: <br/ ><br>3.Exercise Protocol Satisfactory Questionnaire <br/ ><br>4.Preferred shot-put throwing style <br/ ><br>5.Correlation of BMI with throwing distance <br/ ><br>6. Correlation of Height with throwing distance <br/ ><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Exercise Protocol Satisfactory Questionnaire <br/ ><br>2. Preferred shot-put throwing style <br/ ><br>3. Correlation of BMI with throwing distance <br/ ><br>4. Correlation of Height with throwing distance <br/ ><br>Timepoint: pre 0 week <br/ ><br>post 8 week <br/ ><br>follow up 10 week