• Dr. HEMLATA CHAUDHARI
• Dr. DHARMANG VYAS

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Weight training is commonly used in sports for prevention of injuries and in rehabilitation. The proportion of knee injury in weight lifting is 9%. During weight training, female demonstrated a high risk of accidental injuries and suffered more lower extremity injuries compared to male. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to evaluate effect of weight training for thigh muscles using closed kinetic chain exercises on performance enhancement in young female athletes. METHOD: Participants were screened for the inclusion criteria. 30 participants were recruited for the study. All the participants were assessed for outcome measures pre and post training. Training was started with warm up (15 minute) and end by cool down (15 minute). Training was given for 3 days per week for 4 weeks and final analysis was done. All the participants were assessed for vertical jump test and barbell squat test before and after the training. Data were analyzed by using SPSS version 20 software. RESULT: 53 participants completed the study. In the CKC group the mean score before training for vertical jump test and barbell squat test were 33.63704 cm and 30.64815 kg. After training, they were 36.14444 cm and 39.35185 kg respectively with p value 0.000. CONCLUSION: According to result, this study concluded that, CKCE was highly significant for increasing leg muscle strength and power than OKCE. However, participant who were given the OKCE showed less but significant improvement in comparison with CKCE.

OKCE, CKCE, Vertical jump test, Barbell squat test, weight training.

"Effect Of Weight Training For Thigh Muscles Using Closed Kinetic Chain Exercises On Performance Enhancement In Young Female Athletes: A Pilot Study.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 2, page no.e168-e179, February-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2202422.pdf

"Effect Of Weight Training For Thigh Muscles Using Closed Kinetic Chain Exercises On Performance Enhancement In Young Female Athletes: A Pilot Study.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 2, page no. ppe168-e179, February-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2202422.pdf