Indian Journal of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 2

Physiological and Body Composition Profile of Punjab Police Volleyball Players

  • Author:
  • Shiva Shankar Trivedi1, Jitender Kumar1, Jarnail Singh1, Sandhu Jaspal Singh1, Swetha Shenoy1
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 160 to 161

1Faculty of Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

Abstract

One team of professional volleyball players playing for Punjab police have been analyzed for their body fat measurement using skin fold caliper (15.317 ± (4.854) % body weight) The same group of players were made to under go 20 meter shuttle run/beep test for their VO2 max measurement (44.2893 ± (10.176) ml/kg/min) under standard conditions and proper method, they have also undergone I minute sit-up (67.67 ± (7.92) repetitions) and I minute push up test (38.59 ± (16.03) repetitions) for abdominal and upper body strength. Agility was measured using 505 agility test (2.765 ± (0.221) seconds) and power using static stand and reach vertical jump difference (1.675 ± (0.3545) feet) their physiological profile and body composition were far low when compared with the other Athlete around the world.