Effectiveness of a Neck Strengthening Program for the Prevention or Mitigation of Sports Concussion Injuries in Student Athletes
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- CentraCare
- 入组人数
- 1,500
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Effect of increase in neck strength in reducing risk of concussion
研究概览
简要总结
Study looks to determine effectiveness of neck strengthening to reduce the incident, duration, and severity of sports related concussion in student athletes.
详细描述
After recruitment, subjects will have neck strength measured as baseline in addition to doing SCAT5 for baseline and eye tracking, funding pending, in order to compare later assessment for concussion. Throughout study, subject will perform basic, unweighted and weighted neck strengthening exercises twice a week. Periodic re evaluations of neck strength will be performed in order to determine progress. Any time a subject incurs a sports related concussion, a SCAT5 assessment, and eye tracking funding pending, will be done and compared to baseline to measure severity of injury. Weekly follow ups will be done to assess duration of concussion. All measurements, assessments, and exercises are non-invasive and provide minimal risk to subjects.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 12 Years 至 22 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Involved in programmatic athletic activities with an ongoing duration of at least 4 weeks.
- •Written informed consent obtained by the subject or subject's legal guardian.
- •Written assent from subjects ages 8 years old and above
- •Subject is between the ages of 5 and 22 years, male or female.
- •Subjects from all racial and ethnic origins will have an opportunity to participate.
排除标准
- •Corrected vision less than 20/500.
结局指标
主要结局
Effect of increase in neck strength in reducing risk of concussion
时间窗: One year
Neck strength, as measured by a dynamometer, will be assessed and compared to baseline. Magnitude in strength will be analyzed in relation to incidence, severity, and duration of concussion.
次要结局
- Effect of baseline neck strength on risk of concussion(One year)