An interventional study of Sleeper Stretch and Opposite SI joint Stretch in Shoulder Impingement, sponsored by Romano Orthopaedic Center. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to male participants aged 23 Years to 25 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-02-05.
Sponsored by Romano Orthopaedic Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this study is to investigate if stretching the contralateral sacroiliac (SI) joint improves GIRD in baseball players. Additionally, we aimed to compare our SI joint stretching regiment with a classically described sleeper stretch routine.
Abstract:
Background:
Glenohumeral Internal Rotational Deficit (GIRD) is a well-documented finding in throwing athletes.
Hypothesis/Purpose:
The purpose of this study is to investigate if stretching the contralateral sacroiliac (SI) joint improves GIRD in baseball players. Additionally, the effect of the SI joint stretch will be compared to that of the classically described sleeper stretch.
Study Design:
Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Methods:
With the athlete supine and arm abducted 90o, internal rotation of both shoulders was measured in 23 minor league baseball players.
Next, each player randomly was assigned to either a control (sleeper stretch of dominant shoulder) or experimental (stretch of the SI joint contralateral to the dominant shoulder) group supervised by a certified athletic trainer. The players performed their own stretches.
Finally, the initial two investigators, unaware of to which group the player was assigned, re-measured the end-range internal rotation of each athlete's dominant shoulder.
Exclusion Criteria:
A certified athletic trainer supervised and observed the athlete as he performed the sleeper stretch on his dominant shoulder.
Procedure: Sleeper Stretch
A certified athletic trainer supervised and observed the athlete as he performed the SI joint stretch opposite his dominant shoulder.
Procedure: Opposite SI joint Stretch
Internal Range of motion of dominant shoulder
Internal range of motion of dominant shoulder
Shoulder internal ROM after stretching opposite SI joint
Internal range of motion of dominant shoulder after stretching opposite SI joint
Time frame: Measurement made within 30 minutes of stretching
Shoulder Internal ROM after sleeper stretch
Internal range of motion of dominant shoulder after sleeper stretch
Time frame: Measurement made with 30 minutes of stretching
Plan to share: No
This study is completed, as verified in Jan 2018. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
Get an email when the registry record changes — status, dates, results — or when someone posts here.
Sign in to followQuestions and observations about this study, from anyone following it. Not medical advice, and not a channel to the study team — their contact details are on the registry record.
Sign in to join the discussion. Reading takes no account; posting does. You choose a display name, and a pseudonym is the default.
Nothing here yet. If you are running this trial, taking part in it, or weighing whether to, this is the place to say so.
Shoulder Impingement Syndrome→