A gyroscopic wrist device may ease young baseball Players' elbow pain
NCT ID NCT07723677
First seen Jul 23, 2026 · Last updated Jul 24, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether adding Powerball training to standard physical therapy can reduce pain and improve elbow motion in adolescents aged 12–18 with medial epicondyle apophysitis, a common overuse elbow injury in young baseball players. Participants will receive either standard therapy alone or standard therapy plus 30 minutes of Powerball training per session. The study measures changes in pain and elbow range of motion over time.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- Powerball training (a wrist-rotating gyroscopic device) plus standard physical therapy
- What this could lead to
- If effective, Powerball training could offer a simple, low-cost way to speed recovery from this common overuse elbow injury in young athletes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 60 participants. The added benefit of Powerball over standard therapy alone may be modest or absent.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Aug 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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12 to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Their age will be ranging from 12 to 18 years. 2. Cases diagnosed with medial epicondyle apophysitis. 3. Cases participated in this study will from both sexes. 4. Cases receiving standard treatment protocol. 5. Cases with a disease duration of more than four months Exclusion Criteria: * Cases with resent fractures in affected upper limb. * Cases diagnosis of any neurological disease or musculoskeletal disease affecting upper extremity functional ability. * Uncooperative cases.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Nehad A Abo-zaid
Asyut, Egypt
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