Clinical Research Directory

Field-Based Physical and Temporal Correlates of Pitch Velocity in Adolescent Baseball Pitchers

This completed observational repeated-measures study examined the relationship between field-based physical and temporal measures and pitch velocity in adolescent baseball pitchers. Six adolescent pitchers were assessed repeatedly over five weeks. The assessment battery included rotational medicine-ball throw distance, countermovement jump height, 30 m sprint time, shoulder flexibility, temporal characteristics of two operational wind-up phases, and pitch velocity measured with a sports radar. No experimental intervention or modification of the athletes' usual training was implemented.

The Comparison of Different Passive Warm-Up Methods Prior to Exercise

This randomized controlled trial aims to investigate the acute effects of two passive warm-up methods-infrared heating and therapeutic massage-on vertical jump, horizontal jump, dynamic balance, static balance, and lower extremity muscle flexibility in healthy adults.

The African-PREDICT Study

The African-PREDICT study aims to (i) generate new knowledge on the early pathophysiology accompanying hypertension development in black South Africans; and (ii) to identify early novel markers or predictors for the development of hypertension and cardiovascular outcome. By employing also in Africa the latest cutting-edge scientific technologies to measure single and multiple biomarkers proven to predict hypertension and cardiovascular outcome (such as multiplex analyses, proteomics and metabolomics), precision medicine may have the potential to lead to novel strategies in preventing and treating hypertension in Africa.