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Background: Dentists are required to maintain a high level of precision during manual scaling, polishing and Flossing. As a result of sustained griping activity finger and wrist pain are more common among Dentists. Therefore the excess pinch force, leads to musculoskeletal disorders which in turn affects the functional ability. Study design: An Experimental study. Materials & Methods: The sum of 30 Dental professionals were selected under inclusion criteria into this study, ages between 20 to 35 years with decrease in pinch strength and functional abilities. Selected subjects were randomly allocated into two groups such as experimental group (Pinch strength training and conventional exercise) and control group (Conventional Exercises - Postural corrective exercises, active range of motion exercises, shoulder bracing and shoulder shrugging exercise, Ergonomics advices) were given. The outcome tools used are Modified Sphygmomanometer test and Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaires (DASH). The Statistical analysis of pre &post test values were analyzed using paired & unpaired ‘t’ test. Result: The result of this study shows that Group A using Pinch strength along with Postural Education were found to be effective over the control group, where only the postural education were done (p <0.0001). Conclusion: Therefore this study concludes that Pinch strength training along with Postural education were proven to be significant in improving Pinch strength and Functional performance among Dentist. Key words: DASH Questionnaires, Functional disabilities, Modified Sphygmomanometer test and Pinch strength training.

Background: Injuries in the volleyball players are more specific and ankle is one of the most common sites to get injured which is lateral ankle sprain which occur around the net during blocking and spiking. Decreased ROM in the dorsiflexors lead to imbalance and ankle injury this limits the further jumping performance of the volleyball players. Purpose: To find out the significance of Dorsiflexor training along with balance disc on Jumping performance and Ankle functional ability among Volleyball players. Methods: study design was an experimental study; A 30 volleyball players were selected from Indira Gandhi sports academy (Pondicherry). They were allocated into two group, group A(n=15) dorsiflexor training with balance disc, Group B (n=15) warm up exercise alone, 3 days/week for 4 weeks, the outcome measure were vertical jump test (VJT) and functional ankle ability measure (FAAM) were measured in pre and post-test for 4-week period. Result: Data analysis was done by paired ‘t’ test for within the group and unpaired ‘t’ test for between the group analysis respectively, the statistical analysis done with unpaired ‘t’ test between the group A and group B analysis shown significant (p<0.0001) which shows that the group A must be more significant than group B, it has been concluded that group A shows improvement in jumping performance and ankle functional ability with the outcome measure than group B. Conclusion: This study concludes that the dorsiflexor training along with balance disc for group A shows more significant improvement in jumping performance than the conventional exercise in group B. Key words: Balance disc, vertical jump test, functional ankle ability measure, jumping performance.

Throwing is one of the most complex activities within all athletic activity. The integrity of the receptors responsible for movement and proprioception with neural pathways plays a important role in maximizing the shoulder mobility in throwing skill. After an acute shoulder injury in sport, an athlete may return to practice or competition following a cryotherapy treatment to the injured shoulder. To find the effect of Cryotherapy on proprioception and throwing efficiency of shoulder in recreational players. 10 female basketball players will be selected as per the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The procedures were explained and an informed consent statement was obtained from the participants. Crushed ice with terry towels were employed to all the players included to the study. Treatment duration was 15 minutes, immediately at the end of the treatment, the post-test documentation on throwing efficiency was documented. Throwing performance index was used to assess the Functional ability of the shoulder joint. Paired t-test was used to compare in mean values of pre-test and post-test. There was a statistically significant changes obtained in the throwing accuracy after 15 minutes of cryotherapy application.