Author(s): Khumukcham Shivananda Singh, Dr. Thingnam Nandalal Singh and Keisham Monarita

Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to find out the comparative analysis of muscular strength between inter-college level Wushu and Taekwondo players. The study has been conducted on 25 Wushu male players and 25 Taekwondo male players studying at Panjab University, Chandigarh. The age of the subjects ranged between 20-25 years. The parameters selected for the purpose of the study was muscular strength (back, leg and hand). Back Dynamometer was used to measure muscular strength of back and leg and hand grip dynamometer was used to measure hand grip strength. The collected data were statistically analysed by using independent ‘t’-test to find out the significance difference between the two groups. The level significance chosen was 0.05. Based on the analysis of statistical results, it was revealed that there were significant differences obtained on leg and back strength and hand grip strength between inter-college level male Wushu players and Taekwondo players. Wushu players were performed significantly better on hand grip strength and back & leg strength as compare to Taekwondo players.

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