ArticleConcussion (London, England)2021
Selective head-neck cooling after concussion shortens return-to-play in ice hockey players.
Article in Concussion (London, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05473897 (Head and Neck Cooling as an Emergency Department Therapy to Decrease Progression of Concussive Symptoms), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Head and Neck Cooling as an Emergency Department Therapy to Decrease Progression of Concussive Symptoms
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effects of Selective Head-and-Neck Cooling on Brain Injury-Related Biomarker Levels and Symptom Rating Following a Boxing Bout: Protocol for an Exploratory Randomized Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Selective head-and-neck cooling as a treatment method for concussions in elite male rugby union players: the Clinical Observed Outcomes with Local HEad-and-neck cooling After Diagnosed concussions (COOLHEAD) study protocol.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2025Article
- Conservative Management of Acute Sports-Related Concussions: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Selective head cooling in the acute phase of concussive injury: a neuroimaging study.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
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Abstract
We aimed to investigate whether selective head-neck cooling could shorten recovery after sports-related concussions (SRCs). In a nonrandomized study of 15 Swedish professional ice hockey teams, 29 concussed players received immediate head and neck cooling for ≥30 min (initiated at 12.3 ± 9.2 min post-SRC by a portable cooling system), and 52 SRC controls received standard management. Players receiving head-neck cooling had shorter time to return-to-play than controls (7 vs 12.5 days, p < 0.0001), and 7% in the intervention group versus 25% in the control group were out of play for ≥3 weeks (p = 0.07). Immediate selective head-neck cooling is a promising option in the acute management of SRC that should be addressed in larger cohorts.
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