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@article{170802,
        author = {Shruti Tanurkar and Dr. Sharada Dhade and Dr. Pratibha Shetkar and Dr. Virendra Meshram},
        title = {Effect of patellar tendinopathy on agility in recreational fast bowlers.},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2024},
        volume = {11},
        number = {7},
        pages = {2459-2467},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=170802},
        abstract = {Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are natural health problems in sports players. Patellar tendinopathy caused by repeated loading of knee extensor mechanism, and pathological region is differentiating from normal tendon, with cellular changes. Cricket is most popular sport. Cricket has both high rate of gradual onset of various injuries and great variations in players workload. Recreational bowlers means players who plays for their amusement, enjoyment, fun hobby and pleasure. The term fast bowlers refers to bowl fast, medium-fast or medium. And this bowling motion involves run-up and straight-arm hurling movement with predominant associated injuries occurring to lumbar spine and limb. Agility is expressed as ability to immediate change in direction and to start and to stop quickly. Good agility needs complete mixture of speed, balance and coordination. So the purpose of this study is to find out the effect of Patellar tendinopathy on Agility.
Aim: To find out the effect of patellar tendinopathy on agility in recreational fast bowler.
Objectives: To diagnose patellar tendinopathy in recreational fast bowlers using the Royal London Hospital test. And to assess the agility of the recreational fast bowlers by using agility t-test.
Methodology: Total 90 subjects were taken of age 19-26 years old recreational fast bowlers according to inclusion and exclusion criteria using Purposive sampling method. Royal London Hospital test performed for diagnosis of patellar tendinopathy. And then agility T-test performed in that same players who has positive patellar tendinopathy.
Result: There is maximum recreational fast bowlers who have patellar tendinopathy of age 20 years (24.4%) and 19 years (21.1%). And there is maximum players who has maximum practicing years as 10 years (18.9%) and 6 years (14.4%). As there is all players are of patellar tendinothay but having different leg affection like most of recreational fast bowlers have left leg affection and the percentage of interpretation of agility T-test of players has maximum percentage in poor (46.7%) and average (30%).
Conclusion: The above study concluded that agility is more affected in recreational fast bowlers who has patellar tendinopathy. Which shows the maximum players (in percentage) who has interpretation of agility T-test as poor (46.7%) and average (30%).},
        keywords = {recreational fast bowlers, patellar tendinopathy, Royal London Hospital test and agility T-test.},
        month = {December},
        }