Buckets Vs. Braces Prospective Study

Children's Health of Orange County

Status: Completed

Conditions: Shoulder Pain; Elbow Pain

Treatments: Other: Bucket Group; Device: Brace Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06904430

BvB2212173

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 47 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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47 participants in 3 patient groups

Bucket Group

Experimental group

Description:

Individuals assigned to this group will limit their throw count by periodically placing the ball in a bucket over study duration

Treatment:

Other: Bucket Group

Brace Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The participants in the brace group will be asked to wear an arm brace during baseball practice for the duration of the study

Treatment:

Device: Brace Group

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in this group will continue playing baseball with no intervention and serve as a comparison group.