NCT06904430

Buckets vs. Braces Prospective Study

Buckets vs Braces: Is Throw Count a Preventative Measure for Injury in Youth Throwers?

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 47 (actual)
• Sponsor: Children's Hospital of Orange County · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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

Type	Name	Description
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

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-01
• Primary completion: 2023-04-30
• Completion: 2023-06-01
• First posted: 2025-04-01
• Last updated: 2025-04-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States