Core Stability for Baseball Batting in Adolescents

Adolescent Clinical Trial

Official title:

Using Functional Movement Patterns to Investigate the Impact of Core Stability on Hitting Mechanics and Bat Swing Velocity in High School Baseball Players

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04713696
• Other study ID #: B-ER-108-072
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 12, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 2023

Study information

• Verified date: January 2021
• Source: National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
• Contact: Yi-Liang Kuo, PT, PhD
• Phone: +88662353535
• Email: yiliangkuo[@]mail.ncku.edu.tw
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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 effects of functional movement training on hitting mechanics and bat swing velocity in high school baseball players.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: December 2023
• Est. primary completion date: July 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 12 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Sport specialization in baseball batting

• Active players on baseball teams

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of surgery in the lumbar area

• Severe musculoskeletal or neurological symptoms that interfere with participation in competition, training or tests

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Adolescent
• Athletes

Intervention

Other:
• Functional training
Functional training refers to exercises that targets the muscles of the lumbopelvic-hip complex in order for them to more appropriately support and control the spine.
• Routine training
Routine training refers to general exercises that perform before and after practice, including jogging, stretching and strengthening exercises for upper and lower extremities

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	National Cheng Kung University	Tainan

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Cheng-Kung University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Bat-swing velocity	Maximal bat swing velocity during baseball batting measured by the VICON motion analysis system	Changes from baseline to 8 weeks post intervention
Primary	Batting movement	Batting movement measured by the VICON motion analysis system	Changes from baseline to 8 weeks post intervention
Secondary	Dynamic balance	Dynamic balance measured by the Y-balance Test (YBT)	Changes from baseline to 8 weeks post intervention
Secondary	Functional performance	Functional performance measured by Functional Movement Screen (FMS)	Changes from baseline to 8 weeks post intervention