Glenohumeral Rotation After Throwing: RCT Comparing the Sleeper Stretch to the 90/90 Hip Lift With Balloon Blow Exercise
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Internal Rotation Contracture-shoulder
In brief
The primary purpose of this study is to determine if the loss of internal rotation following a throwing session is best restored through soft tissue stretching with the sleeper stretch or with scapular repositioning with the 90/90 hip lift with balloon blow exercise. This study will progress the body of research related to internal rotation deficits with regards to baseball throwers. The research will be relevant to clinicians who treat patients with baseball players with internal rotation loss. High school baseball players will be the targeted subjects for this study. They will perform two exercises (one per week) designed to increase shoulder internal rotation over the course of three weeks with one week of rest between intervention weeks. The primary outcome will be shoulder internal rotation range of motion improvements over the course of one week's time. There are no known adverse risks to either intervention.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03091530
- Run by
- Duke University
- People needed
- 24
- Starts
- 2018-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2018-04-14
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-05-08
Who can join
Age: 15 and older, up to 19. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Active participation in competitive high school baseball at the time of study participation.
- Ability to read, write, and speak the English language.
You may not qualify if…
- Prior surgery to the dominant (throwing) shoulder
- Any current upper extremity injury or limitation that restricts full participation in sport
- Latex allergy secondary to use of latex material of the balloon
- Any known inability to be physically present for daily testing during the weeks of the study
Where it is running
- Duke University — Durham, North Carolina, United States
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