OMT for Overhead Throwing Performance: A Study on Shoulder and Hip Interventions
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Enrolling By Invitation
- Sponsor
- William Carey University
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Pitch Metrics: Pitcher Mechanics
Study Overview
Brief Summary
To investigate the impact of manual medicine on key aspects of the kinetic chain on measures of performance in baseball players.
Detailed Description
An OMT protocol which targets the hips, diaphragm, and throwing shoulder will be investigated for improvement to pitch metrics of the fastball in the experimental group compared with the control group. OMT protocol is expected to increase the active ranges of motion of the throwing shoulder and the bilateral hips of those in the experimental group compared to the control group. Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic Shoulder and Elbow Score (KJOC-SES) will also improve in the experimental group compared to control.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Crossover
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 102 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- Male
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Presently on the William Carey University baseball team
- •Permission granted by the coach for participation
- •Sports physical completed clearing the subject for participation in sports for the academic year
Exclusion Criteria
- •injuries which prevent the subject from participation in practice and in games
Arms & Interventions
Control grop
no intervention, solely measurement of pitch metrics and arm ranges of motion
experimental
OMT intervention, and measurement of pitch metrics and arm ranges of motion
Intervention: Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (Procedure)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Pitch Metrics: Pitcher Mechanics
Time Frame: 5 weeks
Pitch Extension in inches
Pitch Metrics: Speed
Time Frame: 5 weeks
Velocity in miles per hour, Effective Velocity in miles per hour
Shoulder and Hip Ranges of Motion
Time Frame: 5 weeks
GH Internal Rotation in degrees, GH External Rotation in degrees, GH Flexion in degrees, GH Extension in degrees, GH abduction in degrees, Hip flexion in degrees, Hip Extension in degrees, Hip Internal Rotation in degrees
Pitch Metrics: Spin
Time Frame: 5 weeks
Ball spin in revolutions per minute
Pitch Metrics: Zone time
Time Frame: 5 weeks
Zone time in seconds
Pitch Metrics: Ball movement
Time Frame: 5 weeks
Horizontal Break in inches, Vertical Break in inches, Induced Vertical break in inches
Secondary Outcomes
- Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic (KJOC) Shoulder and Elbow Score Calculator(5 weeks)