Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT05457023
Plasma Neurofilament Light and Its Relationship With Omega-3 Status and Soccer Heading in Women Soccer Players
A Blood Biomarker for Sports-Related Brain Injury and Its Relationship With Omega-3 Status and Purposeful Soccer Heading in Free-Living Collegiate Women Soccer Players During and After a Competitive Season
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 27 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years – 25 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to (1) assess how a competitive season of purposeful gameplay soccer heading in collegiate women soccer players is related to a blood biomarker for sports-related brain injury, plasma neurofilament light (NF-L), and (2) examine how a player's omega-3 status is related to plasma NF-L concentration changes during and after a competitive season of gameplay soccer heading.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Plasma Neurofilament Light (NF-L) | Plasma NF-L is a biomarker of axonal brain injury following sports-related head impacts. |
| OTHER | Omega-3 Index | Omega-3 Index is the omega-3 fatty acid content of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) within the erythrocyte cell membrane. It is expressed as EPA+DHA as a percent of total identified fatty acids. |
| OTHER | HeadCount Questionnaire | HeadCount is a web-based, structured, self-administered questionnaire to assess longer-term heading exposure during competitive play and is administered bi-weekly. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2022-07-28
- Primary completion
- 2023-11-09
- Completion
- 2023-11-09
- First posted
- 2022-07-13
- Last updated
- 2023-11-13
Locations
2 sites across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05457023. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.