Australian UCSF Concussion in Athletes (AUSSIE-1)

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Concussion, Mild

Treatments: Device: Headpulse measurements

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05769296

1572

Details and patient eligibility

About

Analysis of cardiac induced brain forces using cranial accelerometry has been shown to diagnose concussion in high school athletes. This trial expands on this observation by recording headpulse signals in a recently concussed athletes playing Australian rules football.

Full description

Recently concussed athletes will have headpulse measurements obtained as soon after the clinically identified concussion as is feasible and at 1-3 day intervals over the course of a month. These recordings will pair with a self administered neurological symptom inventory (NSI) to track the athletes subjective concussion symptoms. Data will be used to confirm prior models of analysis and produce a tool to be confirmed in a future study.

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Concussion Subjects:

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosed with sport related concussion
• first recording obtained within one week
• willingness to have multiple recordings in the month following concussion

Exclusions:

• head laceration

Control subjects:

Inclusion Criteria:

• athletes without concussion over the last year
• willingness to have single or multiple recordings

Exclusion Criteria:

• head laceration

Trial design

34 participants in 2 patient groups

Concussed

Description:

Diagnosis of concussion

Treatment:

Device: Headpulse measurements

Controls

Description:

Athletes with no concussion within the preceding year

Treatment:

Device: Headpulse measurements