ABSTRACT

Background: Tennis is considered a complex and unpredictable sport. Athletes commonly engage in substantial multidirectional movements. tennis strokes are normally unilateral actions and therefore it is the asymmetrical nature of this sport. SIpain is most common in tennis players. It can cause low back pain about 13% of low back pain have origin of pain at SI joint. Aim: The Aim is to find out the comparison of hip external and internal rotator strengthening on pain and performance in SI joint pain in tennis players. Method: A total 36 tennis players were selected for the study they were divided into three groups. 12 in each group. Group A was given External rotator strengthening along with conventional exercise, Group B was given Internal rotator strengthening along with conventional exercise, Group C was given only Conventional exercise. The duration of the study was 4 weeks and post pain and jump performance was assessed by NPRS, SLJ. Result: Kolmogorov Smirnov test was used to check normality of data. Wilcoxon signed Rank test was applied to compare the mean and standard deviations of within-group analysis of all three groups. In within-group analysis p value of group A, B, C was (0.005). Annova test was applied to compare themean and standard deviation of between-group analysis of all the groups. Between group comparison, p-value was (0.005). Conclusion: This study concludes that Group A, who got external rotator strengthening along with conventional exercise for pain and jump performance, showed noticeably superior improvement than in Group B which received internal rotator strengthening with conventional exercise for SI joint pain in lawn tennis players. Keywords: sacroiliac joint, gluteus maximus, NPRS, SLJ
Publication date: 01/01/2026

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2026/15.1.9342