Comparing Nerve Gliding and Conventional Grip Strength Exercises for Grip Strength, Wrist Movement, and Performance in Cricket Batters

What this Trial Is About

Cricket batting has evolved with a focus on higher strike rates and power hitting. Researchers are investigating how nerve gliding exercises compare to traditional grip strength exercises in improving handgrip strength, wrist mobility, and batting performance among cricket batters aged 18 to 35 years. This randomized clinical trial recruits participants from cricket academies in Lahore to explore these effects in the context of modern cricket training. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group will perform nerve gliding exercises involving median, ulnar, and radial nerve movements plus warm-up and cool-down sessions, lasting 25 minutes per day, five days a week for six weeks. The other group will perform conventional grip strength exercises including tendon gliding, squeezing a rubber ball, dead hangs, along with warm-up and cool-down, on the same schedule. Both interventions are designed to target hand strength and wrist mobility. Throughout the six-week study, researchers will assess participants using handgrip strength tests with an adjustable dynamometer, range of motion measurements with a goniometer, and batting performance via the Batting Tee Test. Data will be analyzed statistically to compare improvements between groups. This study aims to provide insight into which exercise approach better supports cricket batters' hand function and performance over the intervention period.

Comparative Effects of Nerve Gliding Exercises and Conventional Grip Strength Exercises in Batters.