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Sports-related Concussion and Activity of the Autonomic Nervous System during the Return-to-Play

Sports-related Concussion and Activity of the Autonomic Nervous System during the Return-to-Play - CoANS

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00019929
Enrollment
100
Registered
2020-08-20
Start date
2019-08-29
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

S06.0

Interventions

Group 1: Multimodal wrist sensors (E4, Empatica) are used to assess sympathetic (i.e. electrodermal activity) as well as parasympathetic parameters (i.e. heartrate variability) of the autonomic nervou

Sponsors

Sportmedizinisches Institut der Universität Paderborn
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 40 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Men and women with a SRC - Minimumu age: 18 years For the matching participants: - same team (if possible) - same age - same position - same height and weight (if possible) - no history of diagnosed concussions

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - skin diseases - cardiovascular diseases - mental or physical disability - diabetes mellitus - pregnancy - non-active people

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Activity of the ANS (mean HR, mean RR, LF, LF/HF); i.e. sympathetic (mean EDA, EDRs, sleep storms) and parasympathetic activity (RMSSD, HF, HFnu); Measurement time during and after RTS: a) before and after exercise during the course of the RTS b) nocturnal activity c) or the analysis of the differences of the courses between the timepoints and both groups (SRC and "match")

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Data of the acute individual stress and recovery state via questionnaire (Acute-Recovery-Stress-Scale (ARSS) and RPE), sleep diary (subjective sleep quantity and quality)

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactCarina Delling

Sportmedizinisches Institut der Universität Paderborn

delling@sportmed.upb.de05251 60-3187

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026