Chiropractic Neuroscience Care in Sports Concussion

NCT ID: NCT07175753

Last Updated: 2025-12-18

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-11-07

Study Completion Date

2026-07-16

Brief Summary

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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

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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.

Conditions

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Sports Related Concussion

Keywords

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Sports related concussion Chiropractic clinical care

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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SRC Group

Those who have sport-related concussion symptoms such as headache, nausea, dizziness, loss of consciousness, amnesia, balance impairment, irritability, visual disturbance, slow reaction times, etc.

chiropractic applied clinical neuroscience care

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard chiropractic care with physiotherapy and phototherapy over two sessions

Interventions

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chiropractic applied clinical neuroscience care

Standard chiropractic care with physiotherapy and phototherapy over two sessions

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Life University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Taha Begum, MBBS, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Life University

Locations

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NeuroLife Institute

Marietta, Georgia, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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I-0033

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id