Screening Brain MRI in High School Football: Does the Guardian Cap Reduce the Risk of Traumatic Brain Injury

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Conditions studied: Brain Concussion, Brain Injuries, Diffuse Axonal Injury, Athletic Injuries, Injury, Brain, Traumatic

In brief

Screening Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with Fluid-attenuated Inversion Recovery (FLAIR) and Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (SWI) sequences will be performed pre and post season on high school football players. One set of players will wear the Guardian Cap on their five star rated helmets and the other will wear five star rated helmets only. The investigators will compare outcomes of ImPACT scores and MRI findings between the two groups to see if there is a statistical difference in reduction of injury and to establish what the baseline level of MRI findings related to injury from high school football is as well as what the baseline level of injury is prior to the start of the season.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02757053

Run by

Mosaic Life Care

People needed

8

Starts

2016-04-01

Expected to finish

2016-06-14

Last updated by the study team

2018-05-14

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 20. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• High school football players willing and able to have a pre and post season Brain MRI with FLAIR and SWI sequences and wear the Guardian Cap on their helmet

You may not qualify if…

• High school football players unwilling or unable to have an MRI

Where it is running

• Mosaic Life Care — Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States

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