healthy baseball players
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Saitama medical university
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy high school baseball players
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Participants who cannot or do not provide informed consent to participate. (2) Participants with a history of orthopedic surgery involving the extremities or trunk. (3) Participants with a history of glenohumeral (shoulder) joint dislocation. (4) Participants who currently have structural abnormalities of the shoulder joint or thoracic cage (e.g., scoliosis, kyphosis). (5) Participants who are currently sidelined from club activities due to injury.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Humeral head-glenoid anteroposterior distance and acromiohumeral distance. Distance between the humeral head-glenoid anteroposterior distance, and acromiohumeral distance measured before pitching, and after 20, 40, 60, and 80 pitches, as well as after pitching. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pre- and post-pitching assessments: shoulder range of motion; scapular and thoracic spine alignment; pitching mechanics; jump performance; body composition; and questionnaire data. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactKenta Suzuki
Saitama medical university graduate school Department of Medicine
Outcome results
None listed