CompletedNot Applicable

Medical Cooling of Ice Hockey Players

Sweden81 participantsStarted 2018-06-01

Plain-language summary

The incidence of Sports-related concussions (SRCs) has risen in recent years, not least in ice hockey, and available treatment options are limited. Here, we addressed the hypotheses that immediate controlled head- and neck cooling could hasten return-to-play in a Swedish cohort of concussed professional ice hockey players. Over three seasons, 15 teams used either immediate head- and neck cooling or standard management for SRC. All players (81) followed the same return-to-play management protocol.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Elite ice hockey players diagnosed by a team physician to have suffered a sports-related concussion. Selective head-neck cooling following the concussion. Duration of cooling a minimum of 45 minutes. Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of red flags (loss of consciousness, seizure, worsening headache, repeated vomiting, focal neurological deficits, neck pain, tingling in arms). Inability to tolerate cooling for a minimum of 30 minutes. Age \<18 years old.

What they're measuring

return-to-play

Timeframe: two weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04701125

SponsorRegion Skane

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2020-06-01

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