Evaluation of a Neck Strengthening Program to Reduce the Risk of Sport-related Concussion

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluation of a Neck Strengthening Program as a Potential Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Sport-related Concussion

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02455037
• Other study ID #: HUM00087641
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 2015
• Est. completion date: December 2015

Study information

• Verified date: August 2021
• Source: University of Michigan
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Evaluation of a neck strengthening program as a potential intervention to reduce the risk of sport-related concussion in youth contact and collision sport athletes.

Description:

This is a pilot study to investigate the effect of a supervised 8 week strengthening intervention in male and female youth contact and collision sport athletes. Participants will complete a supervised strengthening exercise intervention involving manual resistance exercises administered by a strength coach with pre- and post-intervention assessments of neck size and strength.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 17
• Est. completion date: December 2015
• Est. primary completion date: October 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 12 Years to 19 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Contact/collision sport athletes (for example, american football, soccer, rugby, lacrosse, ice hockey, field hockey, basketball, wrestling, boxing, martial arts, water polo)

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of concussion (suspected or diagnosed) in the previous 6 months
• History of neck pain or injury in the previous 6 months
• History of migraine headaches
• History of personal or parental history of a diagnosed anxiety disorder

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Brain Concussion
• Healthy
• Sport-related Concussion

Intervention

Other:
• Neck Strengthening
Targeted neck strengthening exercises

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	Michigan

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Michigan

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (9)

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Neck size (girth and muscle cross-sectional area)		Change from baseline to end of 8 week intervention.
Other	Neck strength (maximum force generating capacity)		Change from baseline to end of 8 week intervention.
Primary	Head linear velocity		Change from baseline to end of 8 week intervention.
Primary	Head angular velocity		Change from baseline to end of 8 week intervention.