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Trial reportAmerican journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation2018

Feasibility and Effect of Cervical Resistance Training on Head Kinematics in Youth Athletes: A Pilot Study.

James T Eckner, Alireza Goshtasbi, Kayla Curtis, Aliaksandra Kapshai, Erik Myyra, Lea M Franco, Michael Favre, Jon A Jacobson, James A Ashton-Miller

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Trial report in American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03883165 (How do the Neck Muscles Influence Head Acceleration During Sport-associated Impact Events in High School Athletes?), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT03883165 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

How do the Neck Muscles Influence Head Acceleration During Sport-associated Impact Events in High School Athletes?

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of MichiganRan2021 to 2024Enrolled48ConditionsSport-related Concussion, Brain Concussion, HealthyArmshigh-intensity neck strengthening, Control group
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Purposeful Heading in Youth Soccer: A Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021
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  11. Traumatic brain injury reduction in athletes by neck strengthening (TRAIN).Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

James T EcknerFrom the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (JTE, EM, LMF); Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (AG, KC, AK, JAA-M); DISHER, Ann Arbor, Michigan (KC); Towson University, Towson, Maryland (EM); Department of Athletics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (MF); and Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (JAJ).
Alireza Goshtasbi
Kayla Curtis
Aliaksandra Kapshai
Erik Myyra
Lea M Franco
Michael Favre
Jon A Jacobson
James A Ashton-Miller

Funding

Rehabilitation Medicine Scientist Training (RMST) ProgramK12HD001097 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BONINGER, MICHAEL L. · 1995 to 2016
$14.1M
Evaluating the Head's Response to Impulsive Forces in Young AthletesK23HD078502 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ECKNER, JAMES TRAVIS · 2014 to 2016
$396k
NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD001097NICHD NIH HHS K23 HD078502
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Greater neck girth and strength may be associated with a lower risk of sport-related concussion due to mitigation of head accelerations by the neck. However, neck strengthening exercise remains unstudied in youth athletes. Therefore, this pilot study assessed the feasibility and effect of targeted neck strengthening exercises in youth athletes. Seventeen participants were allocated to perform 8-wk manual resistance-based neck strengthening (n = 13) or control resistance exercise (n = 4) programs. Before and after the intervention, participants completed laboratory-based assessments of neck size, strength, and head kinematics during standardized test loading in each plane of motion. Descriptive statistics were calculated to compare pre-post changes between the two groups. All participants safely and successfully completed the intervention. Neck girth and strength increased in both groups, with greater increases in the neck strengthening group. Across all planes of motion, overall changes in head linear and angular velocity decreased in both groups, with greater decreases in ΔV in the neck strengthening group and greater decreases in Δω in controls. These results suggest the potential for resistance exercise training to reduce youth athletes' risk for sport-related concussion by increasing neck girth and strength. Additional research is needed to determine optimal neck strengthening programs.

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AdolescentAthletesAthletic InjuriesBiomechanical PhenomenaBrain ConcussionFeasibility StudiesFemaleHeadHumansMaleMuscle StrengthNeckNeck MusclesPilot ProjectsProspective StudiesResistance Training

Identifiers

PMID29557889
PMCPMC6813830

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