EFFECT OF BMI ON HAND GRIP STRENGTH IN ELITE CRICKET PLAYERS Pavan K Talupuru 1 , Sivachidambaram Kulandaivelan * 2 , Haripriya U 3 , Varun Singh 2 . 1 Chief Clinical Therapist, UP Cricket Team, UPCA, Kanpur, UP, India. *2 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiotherapy, GJUST, Hisar, Haryana. India. 3 Post Graduate Student, Dept. of Pharmacology, SV Medical College, Tirupathi, AP, India Corresponding   Author:    Kulandaivelan   S,   MSPT,   PhD,   Assistant   Professor,   Dept.   of   Physiotherapy,   GJUST,   Hisar-125001.   Haryana.   India. Mobile: 09996003995. E-Mail:  tryhard2024@yahoo.co.in ABSTRACT Background:    Cricket   is   most   popular   team   sport   in   Indian   subcontinent.   Hand-grip   strength   (HGS)   plays   a   vital   part   in   all   roles   of   cricket which may be affected by BMI. Objective:  To find-out the effect of BMI on HGS in Indian professional cricket players. Materials   and   Methods:    Study-design:   Experimental   study;   different   subject   design.   Sampling   technique:   Convenient   sampling   Sample size:   322   male   cricket   players   aged   between   13   and   38   years.   Independent   variable:   BMI   group   (Below   19,   20-22,   23-25,   26-32)   Dependent variable:   HGS   in   3   different   position   for   both   right   and   left   side.   Instrument   used:   Jamar   hand-held   electronic   hand-grip   dynamometer. Statistics: Mean, standard deviation (SD) as descriptive and one-way ANNOVA with LSD post-hoc analysis as inferential statistics. Results:    Below   19   BMI   group   showed   significantly   lower   HGS   than   other   three   BMI   groups.   20-23   BMI   group   significantly   lower   than   23-25 and 26-32 BMI groups. 23-25 group HGS values are lower than 26-32 group without statistical significance. 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