NCT06252740

Investigation of Regional Interdependence of the Hip and Spine in Baseball Players With Low Back Pain

Status unknown Last updated 12 February 2024

What this trial tests

trial testing No intervention in Low Back Pain in 40 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

2 November 2022

Primary endpoint
31 July 2024

31 July 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
Status	Status unknown
Study type	OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment	40
Start date	2 November 2022
Primary completion	31 July 2024
Estimated completion	31 July 2024
Sites	1 location across Taiwan

Drugs / interventions tested

• No intervention

Conditions studied

• Low Back Pain — all drugs for Low Back Pain →
• Thoracic — all drugs for Thoracic →

Sponsor

National Cheng-Kung University Hospital

Who can join

Adults 18 to 40, male only, with Low Back Pain or Thoracic. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Low back pain (LBP) is a common musculoskeletal symptom in athletes. More than 40% percent of high school baseball players reported incidents of LBP during the previous year. University baseball athletes were 3.23 times more likely to have lumbar intervertebral disk degeneration than the nonathletic university students. According to the regional interdependence model, a patient's chief complaints may be directly or indirectly related to or influenced by physical impairments from various body systems and regardless of proximity to the primary symptom(s). Athletes with a chief complaint of LBP frequently demonstrate with mobility restrictions in the thoracic spine and hips, which may contribute to compensatory hypermobility in the lumbar spine and subsequently lead to LBP. Few studies have examined the relationship between thoracic spine mobility and LBP, while many studies investigating the relationship between hip joint mobility and LBP in athletes showed inconsistent results. The inconsistent results may be due to different types of sports and measurement methods. Therefore, the objectives of this research project are to: (1) examine if baseball players with a history of LBP have mobility restriction in the thoracic spine and hips and movement coordination within the spine and hip regions during baseball batting that are different from those without a history of LBP; (2) identify thoracic spine and hip joint mobility and coordination related predictors for batting velocity and LBP in baseball players. This 2-year research project plans to recruitment a total of 110 male baseball players aged between 18 and 30 years from university and community recreational league baseball teams (55 players with a history of LBP and 55 age-matched players without a history of LBP). Participants will receive physical examination for the thoracic spine and hip joints (joint mobility and muscle stiffness) and 3D motion analysis for baseball batting. The results of this research project will guide the development of more specific and effective treatment and preventative training for baseball players with LBP and enhance their batting performance.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.