Elbow Pain, Shoulder Pain
Conditions
Keywords
Buckets vs. Braces
Brief summary
The purpose of this research study is to determine if there is a difference in shoulder or elbow pain between youth athletes who throw regularly without a brace, those who use a brace, and those who limit their throw count by placing the ball in a bucket during a 12-week study.
Interventions
OTHERBucket Group
This Bucket Intervention is behavioral and studies the effect of players limiting their throw count during practice to reduce pain occurrence
DEVICEBrace Group
The Brace intervention studies the use of players using an elbow throwing brace during practice to reduce the occurrence of pain
Sponsors
Children's Hospital of Orange County
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Males or females aged 8- 12 years old * Participation and attendance on at least 80% of practices league team * Only participating on one baseball team for the next 12 weeks
Exclusion criteria
* Patients \<8 or \>12 years of age * Elbow pain at the start of the season * History of an elbow or shoulder injury, past surgeries * Participants currently under the care of a physician for an elbow or shoulder issue * Participants taking outside private coaching
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| To determine if there is a difference in shoulder or elbow pain between youth athletes that threw regularly without a brace, those that used a brace and those that limited their throw count by placing the ball in a bucket during a six-week study. | 12 weeks | Shoulder and Elbow pain were assessed using the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic (KJOC) Shoulder and Elbow Score questionnaire. These questions are scored from 1-10 with 10 being the highest/better outcome. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| To identify quality of life/patient and family satisfaction with the use of limiting throw count | 12 weeks | Participants and Families filled outcome questionnaires at baseline, midpoints, and endpoint of study responding to their satisfaction of the study and group assignments using yes/no questions, with 'yes' being the better outcome. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed