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    Efficacy of sorghum based supplementary sports food on physical endurance of basket-ball players
    (UAS, Dharwad, 2008) Asha.S.Lamboonavar; B.Kasturiba
    A study was conducted to assess the “efficacy of sorghum based supplementary sports food on physical endurance of basket-ball players” during 2006-07. The sports food which mainly included sorghum and soy flour, skimmed milk powder and sugar powder was given as a test food for loading and supplementation study. A total of 32 professional basket-ball players of Dharwad city were selected purposively for the study. Anthropometric measurement and biochemical parameter viz., hemoglobin level and endurance test on tread mill was estimated at the baseline study. In loading test 50 g of sports food was given in the form of porridge one hour before tread mill test and endurance capacity was observed in terms of calorie burnt, distance covered and time of exhaustion. In supplementation study out of 32 subjects 16 were taken as experimental group and rest as control group. Experimental group was supplemented with sports food (50 g) for a period of 30 days. The anthropometric, biochemical parameters and endurance capacity were recorded in both control and experimental group before and after supplementation study. The results revealed that the endurance capacity of all the subjects enhanced significantly in terms of calorie burnt, distance covered and time of exhaustion after loading test compared to supplementation test. Further, supplementation had shown an improvement in anthropometric characters and hemoglobin levels in the experimental group (12.23%) when compared to control group.