Core Stability for Baseball Batting in Adolescents

Using Functional Movement Patterns to Investigate the Impact of Core Stability on Hitting Mechanics and Bat Swing Velocity in High School Baseball Players

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04713696

Enrollment

Registered

2021-01-19

Start date

2020-12-12

Completion date

2023-12-31

Last updated

2021-01-19

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Conditions

Athletes, Adolescent

Keywords

Batting mechanics, Bat-swing velocity, Baseball, Lumbopelvic control, Exercise

Brief summary

Baseball batting is important to winning the games. Baseball batting is achieved by proximal-to-distal sequencing of body movements and controlled by the neuromuscular system. Poor lumbopelvic control could influence production and transfer of energy in the kinetic chain. This study aims to investigate the effects of functional movement training on hitting mechanics and bat swing velocity in high school baseball players.

Interventions

OTHERFunctional training

Functional training refers to exercises that targets the muscles of the lumbopelvic-hip complex in order for them to more appropriately support and control the spine.

OTHERRoutine training

Routine training refers to general exercises that perform before and after practice, including jogging, stretching and strengthening exercises for upper and lower extremities

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

12 Years to 18 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Sport specialization in baseball batting * Active players on baseball teams

Exclusion criteria

* History of surgery in the lumbar area * Severe musculoskeletal or neurological symptoms that interfere with participation in competition, training or tests

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Bat-swing velocity	Changes from baseline to 8 weeks post intervention	Maximal bat swing velocity during baseball batting measured by the VICON motion analysis system
Batting movement	Changes from baseline to 8 weeks post intervention	Batting movement measured by the VICON motion analysis system

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Dynamic balance	Changes from baseline to 8 weeks post intervention	Dynamic balance measured by the Y-balance Test (YBT)
Functional performance	Changes from baseline to 8 weeks post intervention	Functional performance measured by Functional Movement Screen (FMS)

Countries

Taiwan

Contacts

Primary ContactYi-Liang Kuo, PT, PhD

yiliangkuo@mail.ncku.edu.tw+88662353535

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026