Sports Related Concussion
Conditions
Keywords
Sports related concussion, Chiropractic clinical care
Brief summary
The goal of this study is to evaluate our study design and the potential effect of chiropractic-applied clinical neuroscience care on individuals with sports-related concussion (SRC) in individuals between the ages 18 and 40.The main question it aims to answer is: \- Is there any potential effect of chiropractic neuroscience care on sports related concussion patients? Participants will be assessed on their attention, processing speed, fine motor function, standing balance, auditory function, and emotional state as part of the study using the NIH toolbox.
Detailed description
The investigators shall recruit 20 participants for this study who are currently active athletes affiliated with the Life University Athletics Department, aged between 18 and 40 years and have sport-related concussion symptoms such as headache, nausea, dizziness, loss of consciousness, amnesia, balance impairment, irritability, visual disturbance, slowed reaction times, etc. Subjects will do the following tasks: 1. Attention and Self-Control Test: In this test participants will look at rows of five fish on a screen and choose the direction of the middle fish while ignoring the others and press a button to show the direction of the middle fish. 2. Processing Speed Test: Participants will see two pictures side by side and decide if the pictures are the same or different and press a button as fast as they can. 3. Hand Skill Test: Subjects will be asked to do a hand skill/coordination test (called the 9-Hole Pegboard Test), where they place small pegs into holes and take them out as quickly as they can. 4. Standing Balance Test: In this test participants will stand still in various positions, sometimes with your eyes open and sometimes closed, on both hard ground and a soft foam pad, while trying to remain as still as possible. On one part of the test, they will stand with one foot in front of the other. 5. Hearing in Noise Test: Subjects will listen to words through headphones while background noise is playing. They will repeat the words they hear. 6. Emotion Surveys: They will answer questions about their feelings and relationships. These include how often they feel angry, sad, or lonely, and how happy or satisfied they feel with their life. Assessments will be approximately 80 minutes over two sessions.
Interventions
OTHERchiropractic applied clinical neuroscience care
Standard chiropractic care with physiotherapy and phototherapy over two sessions
Sponsors
Life University
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Currently active athletes affiliated with the Life University Athletics Department * Aged between 18 and 40 years * Experiencing sport-related concussion symptoms, including but not limited to: * Headache * Nausea * Dizziness * Loss of consciousness * Amnesia * Balance impairment * Irritability * Visual disturbance * Slowed reaction times
Exclusion criteria
* Not affiliated with the Life University Athletics Department * Younger than 18 or older than 40 years * No current symptoms of sport-related concussion
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Participants Who Complete All Study Visits and Procedures | 1 year | The number of participants who complete all scheduled study visits, tests, and treatments without early withdrawal. This measure assesses participant tolerability and compliance with the full study protocol. The unit of measure is the number of participants completing full study protocol. |
| Recruitment | 1 year | Number of participant enrolled in the study within the recruitment period. |
| Retention | 1 year | Number of participants who remain enrolled and complete the study protocol. |
| Adherence | 1 year | Number of completed required study visits and treatments per participant. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Auditory Processing and Speech Recognition in Noise | 1 year | Change from baseline in Words-In-Noise (WIN) Test scores using the NIH Toolbox. Unit of measure is T score from WIN Test. |
| Change in Negative Affect of Anger and Sadness | 1 | Change from baseline in Emotional Battery Test scores using the NIH toolbox. Unit of measure is T score of Emotional Battery Test using NIH toolbox. |
| Change in Emotional Support and Loneliness | 1 | Change from baseline in social relationships using Emotional Battery Test scores using the NIH toolbox. Unit of measure is T score of Emotional Battery Test. |
| Change in Executive Function, Attention, and Inhibitory Control | 1 year | Change from baseline in Flanker Inhibitory Control and Attention Test (FICAT) scores using the NIH Toolbox. The unit of measure is the T score on FICAT. |
| Acceptability from Participant Perspective | 1 year | Participant ratings of acceptability of Sports Related Concussion intervention using a structured questionnaire. Unit of measure is the score of participants acceptability questionnaire using Likert scale (1-5) 1- Not at all, 2 - A little bit, 3 - Somewhat, 4 - Quite a bit, 5 - Very much |
| Acceptability from Clinician Perspective | 1 year | Clinician ratings of acceptability of the Sports Related Concussion intervention, using a structured questionnaire. Unit of measure is the score of clinicians acceptability questionnaire using Likert scale 1- Strongly disagree, 2 - Disagree, 3 - No opinion, 4 - Agree, 5 - Strongly agree |
| Change in Psychological Well-being (General Life Satisfaction and Positive Affect) | 1 year | Change from baseline in psychological well-being using the Emotional Battery Test scores using the NIH toolbox. Unit of measure is T score of Emotional Battery Test using NIH toolbox. |
| Change in Visual Processing Speed | 1 year | Change from baseline in Pattern Comparison Processing Speed Test (PCPS) scores using the NIH Toolbox. The unit of measure is T score of the PCPS. |
| Change in Fine Motor Skills and Dexterity | 1 year | Change from baseline in 9-Hole Pegboard Dexterity Test scores using the NIH Toolbox. Unit of measure is time in seconds to complete task (9-Hole Pegboard Test, NIH Toolbox) |
| Change in Postural Stability and Balance | 1 year | Change from baseline in Balance Test scores using the NIH Toolbox Balance V3, Unit of measure is time in seconds using the NIH Toolbox Balance V3. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed