Systemic Review of Swim Bench Training During Last Five Years

Abstract

Purpose: There are numerous advantages to train the swimmers on swim-bench, which is why this systematic review critically evaluate the published data for this practise. The current review’s purpose is to evaluate the efficacy of swim bench training in light of recent research conducted over the past five years. Methodology / Evidence Acquisitionː Published articles that examined the benefits and uses of a swim bench training on an athlete were reviewed using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. An electronic database search based on three databases that include PubMed, Google Scholar, and Taylor & Francis was done using keywords "Swim bench” and “Swim bench training”. The database search was limited to articles between January 2016 to the date to include the data of 5 years. It retrieved 1289 articles on sight. Articles that were originally published in a language other than English or did not have translated version in English were omitted from the study by the researcher. Conclusionsː Jaime & Maria (2017) and González Ravé J et al., (2018) studied isokinetic force production, there was no significant result found related to isokinetic force and in isokinetic power a slight decrease was observed in that of isokinetic force. Whereas, Popovici & Suciu (2017) proved the strength and velocity gain in young female swimmers after swim bench training and also enhanced muscle synchronization as well as improved propulsive force generation and considered it as a source of improvement and immediate instruction for better training purposes. However, swim-bench is widely being used from coaches in several manner of dry land training among swimmers at elite level as well. it is further suggested that further experimental studies needed to observe the swim-bench effect on training as well as rehabilitation purpose scientifically with the principal of specificity of sports training.