Clinical Trial: Selective Head-and-neck Cooling on Biomarker Levels and Symptom Rating Following a Boxing Bout

U.S., April 26 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06386484) titled 'Selective Head-and-neck Cooling on Biomarker Levels and Symptom Rating Following a Boxing Bout' on April 16.

Brief Summary: Young, healthy elite boxers >= 18 years old are recruited. Prior to, and immediately after a competitive boxing bout over 3x2 or 3x3 minutes, blood samples are drawn. Boxers are randomized to intervention or control management by 1:1 allocation prior to baseline testing. After the initial post-fight blood sample is drawn and symptom rating using the sports concussion assessment tool-5 (SCAT-5) has been collected, the boxers receive either acute selective head-and-neck cooling for 45 min, or routine post-fight ...