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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
47
This Bucket Intervention is behavioral and studies the effect of players limiting their throw count during practice to reduce pain occurrence
The Brace intervention studies the use of players using an elbow throwing brace during practice to reduce the occurrence of pain
Children's Hospital of Orange County
Orange, California, United States
To determine if there is a difference in shoulder or elbow pain between youth athletes that threw regularly without a brace, those that used a brace and those that limited their throw count by placing the ball in a bucket during a six-week study.
Shoulder and Elbow pain were assessed using the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic (KJOC) Shoulder and Elbow Score questionnaire. These questions are scored from 1-10 with 10 being the highest/better outcome.
Time frame: 12 weeks
To identify quality of life/patient and family satisfaction with the use of limiting throw count
Participants and Families filled outcome questionnaires at baseline, midpoints, and endpoint of study responding to their satisfaction of the study and group assignments using yes/no questions, with 'yes' being the better outcome.
Time frame: 12 weeks
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