COMPARATIVE EFFECT OF WORK-OUT IN DIFFERENT PLAYING SURFACES ON SELECTED PHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLES

Abstract

The aim of the study was to compare the effect of work-out in different playing surfaces on selected physiological variables. Five male basketball players of age group 18 to 25 were selected randomly from Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior as subjects for the study. The surfaces used in the study were cemented, synthetic and wooden surfaces. The selected physiological variables respiratory rate and saturation of peripheral oxygen were used in the study. A high intensity workout program was administered to the subject on different basketball surfaces and the data were collected immediately after the work-out was over. To test the significance of the mean difference Repeated Measures of Analysis of Variance (rANOVA) was used. Statistical analysis did not reveal significant difference on mean respiratory rate (48.8±7.69, 41.6±10.13 and 46.00±12.16; p > 0.05) and mean peripheral oxygen saturation (95.6±.54, 95.2±.83 and 95.00±.70; p > 0.05) among any of the cemented, synthetic and wooden surfaces respectively. So, it can be concluded that playing surfaces is not the potential factor which affect respiratory rate and saturation of peripheral oxygen.