Effects of Unilateral Complex Training on Lower-Limb Strength Asymmetry and Athletic Performance in Basketball Players

Basketball requires repeated jumping, sprinting, changing direction, and unilateral forceproduction, which may contribute to strength differences between the lower limbs.Unilateral complex training combines resistance exercises with biomechanically similarexplosive exercises performed predominantly on one limb. This approach may provide asport‐specific stimulus for improving neuromuscular function and reducing inter‐limbstrength asymmetry.In this randomized controlled study, male basketball players were allocated to anexperimental or control group. The experimental group completed an eight‐week unilateralcomplex training program twice per week in addition to regular basketball training,whereas the control group continued regular basketball training without the additionalintervention. Participants were assessed before and after the intervention usingisokinetic knee strength testing, countermovement and Abalakov jump tests, and a 20‐msprint test.