NCT06263179

Feasibility of Aerobic Exercise for Recovery From Work-related Concussion

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 11 (actual)
• Sponsor: State University of New York at Buffalo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

There is a lot of research on how to treat people with sport-related concussion. There has not been a lot of research on the treatment of injured workers with concussion. An exercise program has been developed for people with sport-related concussion. It is suspected that this program may be helpful for injured workers with concussion too. This study will test the effect of this exercise in injured workers with concussion.

Detailed description

Participants who are diagnosed with a concussion and agree to participant in the study will complete a demographics form and other relevant questionnaires. They will then perform a graded exertion test (the Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test \[BCTT\]) at the clinic, this takes approximately 15 minutes. Participants will then be prescribed the individualized THRAE based on the results from the BCTT and will be sent home with a commercial heart rate monitor. Participants will perform exercises at home on their free time 4-5 days per week. Participants will return to the clinic weekly to be re-examined by the study physician and obtain a new heart rate prescription for the first six weeks until clinical recovery or the intervention period ends (6-weeks).

Conditions

• Concussion, Brain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Target Heartrate Aerobic Exercise	Exercise program

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-07-01
• Primary completion: 2025-04-30
• Completion: 2025-04-30
• First posted: 2024-02-16
• Last updated: 2025-06-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States