Recovery
Conditions
Brief summary
In-season pitch volume have been shown to relate to arm soreness in collegiate baseball players. Arm soreness is a common ailment following a pitching appearance due to the adaptation to soft tissue in response to a repetitive load to the throwing arm. Specifically, ongoing and accumulated fatigue and soreness to the flexor pronator mass region of the arm may be a predecessor for UCL injury. Different recovery modalities such as a bioactive fabric sleeve may give pitchers a recovery advantage throughout a baseball season. The primary purpose of this study is to determine if there is a difference in subjective soreness of the flexor pronator mass the day following a game pitching appearance using a sleeve with bioactive fabric which potentially improves cellular function versus a control sleeve.
Interventions
DEVICEBioactive Sleeve
Pitchers will wear a bioactive sleeve immediately post-game through overnight.
DEVICEControl Sleeve
Pitchers will wear a non-bioactive sleeve immediately post-game through overnight.
Sponsors
Stanford University
Challenger Health, LLC
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Stanford Baseball Player
Exclusion criteria
* None
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Subjective Soreness Score | Baseline through 6 months | Subjective soreness questionnaires to rank soreness, tightness, and discomfort of the medial forearm on a 1 to 10 scale will be collected throughout the baseball seasons. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMichael Freehill, MD
Stanford University
Outcome results
None listed