NCT07216300

Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for Pitch Performance in Baseball Players: A Study on Shoulder and Hip Interventions

OMT for Overhead Throwing Performance: A Study on Shoulder and Hip Interventions

• Status: Enrolling By Invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: William Carey University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 102 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To investigate the impact of manual medicine on key aspects of the kinetic chain on measures of performance in baseball players.

Detailed description

An OMT protocol which targets the hips, diaphragm, and throwing shoulder will be investigated for improvement to pitch metrics of the fastball in the experimental group compared with the control group. OMT protocol is expected to increase the active ranges of motion of the throwing shoulder and the bilateral hips of those in the experimental group compared to the control group. Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic Shoulder and Elbow Score (KJOC-SES) will also improve in the experimental group compared to control.

Conditions

• Pitch
• Baseball Pitcher
• Throwing Performance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment	Manual Medicine applied either by a physician or a medical student

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-10-14
• Primary completion: 2026-02-15
• Completion: 2026-05-30
• First posted: 2025-10-14
• Last updated: 2025-10-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States