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CTRI Number  CTRI/2024/03/064525 [Registered on: 20/03/2024] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 19/03/2024
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Physiotherapy (Not Including YOGA) 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group Trial 
Public Title of Study   "Comparing Brain Gym vs. Plyometric Training: Effects on Dynamic Balance & Eye-Foot Coordination in University Football Players" 
Scientific Title of Study   Comparison of brain gym exercises versus plyometric training on dynamic balance and eye foot coordination among university football players 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr. Jyoti Sharma 
Designation  Associate Professor 
Affiliation  Galgotias University 
Address  Room No. B316, Department of Physiotherapy,Galgotias University, Plot No. 02, Sector 17-A Yamuna Expressway, Greater Noida,Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh

Gautam Buddha Nagar
UTTAR PRADESH
203201
India 
Phone  97171161626  
Fax    
Email  jsharmaphysio@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Shahid Hussain 
Designation  PG Student 
Affiliation  Galgotias University 
Address  Room No. B-316, Department of Physiotherapy, Galgotias University, Plot No. 02, Sector 17-A, Yamuna Expressway, Greater Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh

Gautam Buddha Nagar
UTTAR PRADESH
203201
India 
Phone  8340528001  
Fax    
Email  shahidhussain7603@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Jyoti Sharma 
Designation  Associate Professor 
Affiliation  Galgotias University 
Address  Room No. B-319, Department of Physiotherapy, Galgotias University, Plot No. 02, Sector 17-A, Yamuna Expressway, Greater Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh

Gautam Buddha Nagar
UTTAR PRADESH
203201
India 
Phone  97171161626  
Fax    
Email  jsharmaphysio@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Research and Development Cell, Room No. C-102, Plot No. 02, Sector 17-A, Yamuna Expressway, Greater Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh-201301 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Galgotias University 
Address  Galgotias University, Plot No.2, Sector 17-A Yamuna Expresswa, Greater Noida,Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh 203201  
Type of Sponsor  Research institution 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Jyoti Sharma  Galgotias University  Physiotherapy OPD, Room No. E003, Galgotias University, Plot No. 02, Sector 17-A, Yamuna Expressway, Greater Noida,Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh-203201
Gautam Buddha Nagar
UTTAR PRADESH 
9717161626

jsharmaphysio@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
School Ethics Committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Healthy Human Volunteers  Healthy University Football players 
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Brain Gym Exercises  Brain gym exercise used for balance and coordination for Group A; firstly, warm up,1-Cross crawl, 2-Foot flex, 3-Gravity griddle, 4-Hook ups, 5-Neck roll, 6-The grounder, 7-Balance button, 8-Brain button, 9-The positive point, 10-Calf pumps. Each exercise 3-4 minutes. Time duration 30-40 minutes. Warm up include sits-up, jogging, lunges, squats and cool down period includes calf stretch, hamstring stretch, quadriceps stretch, chest-opener wall stretch for 10 min each session. 
Comparator Agent  Plyometrc training  Polymetric training includes series of 8 activities that are jumping, bounding, hops, skipping, pushups, running, kicking, squatting exercises with cool down period. Each exercise 4-5 minutes. Time duration 30-40 minutes. Warm up include sits-up, jogging, lunges, squats and cool down period includes calf stretch, hamstring stretch, quadriceps stretch, chest-opener wall stretch for 10 min each session. 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  24.00 Year(s)
Gender  Male 
Details  University football players.
Only males
Participants who are willing to participate.
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Football players outside Galgotias university.
Female football players.
Participants who are not willing give voluntary consent to participate. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Coin toss, Lottery, toss of dice, shuffling cards etc 
Method of Concealment   Sequentially numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes 
Blinding/Masking   Participant and Investigator Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
The star excursion balance test and the soccer wall volleyball test   The star excursion balance test and the soccer wall volleyball test will be conducted on day 1, followed by 2 weeks, 4 weeks and 8 weeks. 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Not Applicable  Not Applicable 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="72"
Sample Size from India="72" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "0"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="84" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   30/03/2024 
Date of Study Completion (India) 04/12/2024 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="0"
Days="28" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Yet Recruiting 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary  

Football is one of the sports that is prioritised to be nurtured, so to improve and achieve the achievements, it would be nice if ever since children have received a sport education and football in particular correctly, regularly, and as directed. In a football game, it takes football playing techniques like dribbling, passing, stopping, throwing in, heading, tricks and turns, and shooting.The game requires a lot of energy and intelligence on the field, which stimulates enthusiasm while providing excitement through teamwork. In football, there are various basic techniques for playing the game. Basic techniques are fundamentals that must be mastered by all athletes in order to be able to play football skillfully based on multilateral movement skills. 

 

BrainGym is an educational kinesiology system developed by Paul E. Dennison and Gail E. Dennison in the 1970s. These exercises help in learning to coordinate the hands, eye, foot, and whole body. The brain gym consists of 26 simple movements that function to enhance academic performance and whole-body learning.Plyometric training helps enhance the performance of football players; it includes a series of jumping, bounding, hops,skipping, pushups, running, kicking, and squatting exercises. The time duration is 30–40. minutes with a cool period. It involves the eccentric and concentric action of muscles, enhancing balance, and coordination (ABC) drills focus on a person’s ability to rapidly change speed and direction, perform movements precisely, and maintain control of body movement, which are essential for sports demanding quick direction changes in football. 

Football is a dynamic sport that requires good eye-to-foot coordination. The eye-foot coordination influences the performance of the players. Eye-foot coordination is the ability of the performer to integrate types of body movement into specific patterns. The low level of eye-foot coordination of the athletes can influence the outcome of the exercise, and so it requires regular, earnest, and continuous practice in order to improve the playing skills of a football player. In other words, having good eye-foot coordination is a requirement for recording the maximum performance of the players in terms of football practice. The most important ones are the eye-foot coordination patterns of players, because the successful resolution of the situation in a football match is mainly performed by motoric activities. During the game, better chances are on the side of players who have these coordination factors in the optimal ratio. The main purpose of the research is to improve existing knowledge and education. This research is essential to understand which intervention may be more beneficial, brain gym exercises versus plyometric training, for enhancing these specific aspects of physical performance in football players, providing valuable insights for optimising training programmes and improving overall athletic performance in football players. 

 
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