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Buckets vs. Braces Prospective Study

NCT06904430 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 47

Last updated 2025-04-01

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

  • Elbow Pain
  • Shoulder Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Bucket Group

This Bucket Intervention is behavioral and studies the effect of players limiting their throw count during practice to reduce pain occurrence

DEVICE

Brace Group

The Brace intervention studies the use of players using an elbow throwing brace during practice to reduce the occurrence of pain

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Children's Hospital of Orange County

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon · Children's Hospital of Orange County

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-03-01
Primary Completion
2023-04-30
Completion
2023-06-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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