Lumbopelvic Control in Baseball Batting

National Cheng-Kung University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Athletes

Treatments: Other: No intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04549519

A-ER-109-197

Details and patient eligibility

About

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 impact of lumbopelvic control in hitting mechanics and bat swing velocity in high school baseball players.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 17+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Sport specialization in baseball batting
• Active players on college baseball teams

Exclusion criteria

• History of surgery in the lumbar area
• Severe musculoskeletal or neurological symptoms that interfere with participation in competition, training and test

Trial design

44 participants in 2 patient groups

Stable group

Description:

Participants display knee valgus less or equal to 15° at 45° knee flexion in the descending phase of the squat on both legs

Treatment:

Other: No intervention

Unstable group

Description:

Participants display knee valgus greater than 15° at 45° knee flexion in the descending phase of the squat on one leg or both legs

Treatment:

Other: No intervention