An Impact of Vigorous Petrissage Massage and Tapotement Massage Manipulation Techniques on Flexibility among College Men Hockey Players

Author(s) Name: Dr. R.Sevi

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the impact of Vigorous Petrissage Massage and Tapotement Massage Manipulation Techniques on Flexibility among College Men Hockey Players. For this purpose Forty five (N=45) men Hockey players studying various Colleges around Annamalainagar  in Tamilnadu were selected as subjects during the academic year 2014-2015. They were randomly divided into three groups of fifteen each, Group-I underwent Vigorous Petrissage Massage, Group-II underwent Tapotement massage and Group-III acted as Control. The massage manipulation technique was given for twelve weeks duration. Among various flexibility technique only hip flexibility was selected as a dependent variable, and it was assessed through sit and reach test. The data obtained from the experimental groups and control groups before and after the experimental period were statistically analyzed with Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Whenever the ‘F’ ratio for adjusted post test means was found to be significant, the Scheffe’s test was applied as post-hoc test to determine the paired mean differences. The level of confidence was fixed at .05 level for all the cases. Hip Flexibility showed significant difference among the groups, further the results suggested that Vigorous petrissage and Tapotement forms of massage were increase hip flexibility.

 Keywords: Massage, Petrissage, Tapotement, Hip Flexibility.

Please cite this article as: Dr. R.Sevi. An Impact of Vigorous Petrissage Massage and Tapotement Massage Manipulation Techniques on Flexibility among College Men Hockey Players. International Journal of Recent Research and Applied Studies, 2015, 2, 1(22),  101- 103.