Plyometric training, when used with a periodized strength-training program, can contribute to improvements in vertical jump performance, acceleration, leg strength, muscular power, increased joint awareness, and overall proprioception. Plyometric drills usually involve stopping, starting, and changing directions in an explosive manner. These movements can assist in the development of agility, speed, aerobic capacity and explosive strength. Several studies have been confirmed the role of elastic energy in human movements. Today, Plyometric training is often used by coaches in many exercise...

Predictions now a day have become a fashion almost in every field including sports. Besides several factors, mental toughness - an imperative psychological attributes, itself emerges as a key to predict an athlete's sports performance. Cycling- an endurance sport requires some extra inner force i.e. mental toughness to achieve best possible performance or to finish strong. Highly talented or elite athletes sometimes may face 'burn out' because of lacking in Mental Toughness. Mental Toughness is seen as one of the most overused and least understood term in the area of sport psychology....

Controlled drug delivery systems have generated considerable interest in the pharmaceutical industry due to their potential goals of achieving a continuous drug release profile with zero order kinetics, thus keeping the blood levels of drugs constant through the delivery period. Transdermal drug delivery systems are amongst the successful alternate delivery methods which deliver the drug through the skin, at a controlled rate to the systemic circulation. Duloxetine is a selective serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) used in the treatment of depression, stress urinary...