The Effects of Chiropractic Applied Clinical Neuroscience Care on Sports-Related Concussion Patients: An Observational Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- Enrolling By Invitation
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 20
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Number of Participants Who Complete All Study Visits and Procedures
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this study is to evaluate our study design and the potential effect of chiropractic-applied clinical neuroscience care on individuals with sports-related concussion (SRC) in individuals between the ages 18 and 40.The main question it aims to answer is:
- Is there any potential effect of chiropractic neuroscience care on sports related concussion patients?
Participants will be assessed on their attention, processing speed, fine motor function, standing balance, auditory function, and emotional state as part of the study using the NIH toolbox.
详细描述
The investigators shall recruit 20 participants for this study who are currently active athletes affiliated with the Life University Athletics Department, aged between 18 and 40 years and have sport-related concussion symptoms such as headache, nausea, dizziness, loss of consciousness, amnesia, balance impairment, irritability, visual disturbance, slowed reaction times, etc.
Subjects will do the following tasks:
- Attention and Self-Control Test: In this test participants will look at rows of five fish on a screen and choose the direction of the middle fish while ignoring the others and press a button to show the direction of the middle fish.
- Processing Speed Test: Participants will see two pictures side by side and decide if the pictures are the same or different and press a button as fast as they can.
- Hand Skill Test: Subjects will be asked to do a hand skill/coordination test (called the 9-Hole Pegboard Test), where they place small pegs into holes and take them out as quickly as they can.
- Standing Balance Test: In this test participants will stand still in various positions, sometimes with your eyes open and sometimes closed, on both hard ground and a soft foam pad, while trying to remain as still as possible. On one part of the test, they will stand with one foot in front of the other.
- Hearing in Noise Test: Subjects will listen to words through headphones while background noise is playing. They will repeat the words they hear.
- Emotion Surveys: They will answer questions about their feelings and relationships. These include how often they feel angry, sad, or lonely, and how happy or satisfied they feel with their life.
Assessments will be approximately 80 minutes over two sessions.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 40 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Currently active athletes affiliated with the Life University Athletics Department
- •Aged between 18 and 40 years
- •Experiencing sport-related concussion symptoms, including but not limited to:
- •Dizziness
- •Loss of consciousness
- •Balance impairment
- •Irritability
- •Visual disturbance
- •Slowed reaction times
排除标准
- •Not affiliated with the Life University Athletics Department
- •Younger than 18 or older than 40 years
- •No current symptoms of sport-related concussion
结局指标
主要结局
Number of Participants Who Complete All Study Visits and Procedures
时间窗: 1 year
The number of participants who complete all scheduled study visits, tests, and treatments without early withdrawal. This measure assesses participant tolerability and compliance with the full study protocol. The unit of measure is the number of participants completing full study protocol.
Recruitment
时间窗: 1 year
Number of participant enrolled in the study within the recruitment period.
Retention
时间窗: 1 year
Number of participants who remain enrolled and complete the study protocol.
Adherence
时间窗: 1 year
Number of completed required study visits and treatments per participant.
次要结局
- Change in Executive Function, Attention, and Inhibitory Control(1 year)
- Change in Visual Processing Speed(1 year)
- Change in Fine Motor Skills and Dexterity(1 year)
- Change in Postural Stability and Balance(1 year)
- Change in Auditory Processing and Speech Recognition in Noise(1 year)
- Change in Negative Affect of Anger and Sadness(1)
- Change in Emotional Support and Loneliness(1)
- Change in Psychological Well-being (General Life Satisfaction and Positive Affect)(1 year)
- Acceptability from Participant Perspective(1 year)
- Acceptability from Clinician Perspective(1 year)