NCT02455037

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

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 17 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Michigan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Sport-related Concussion
• Brain Concussion
• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Neck Strengthening	Targeted neck strengthening exercises

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-05-01
• Primary completion: 2015-10-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2015-05-27
• Last updated: 2021-08-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States