A Meditation Intervention on Subconcussive Head Impacts

NCT04225663 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 27

Last updated 2023-07-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this research is to explore potential methods of rehabilitating changes observed from repetitive head impacts. Participation in this study will involve functional magnetic resonance (fMRI) imaging, aerobic testing, heart rate variability (HRV) wrist monitor, hypercapnia challenge, a meditation rehabilitation intervention, and filling out survey information concerning subjective well-being.

Conditions

  • Head Injury Trauma

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Guided Meditation

Participants will meditate in response to the guidance provided by a trained meditation coach in person.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mind and Life Institute, Hadley, Massachusetts

    collaborator OTHER
  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christopher T Whitlow, MD, PhD · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-08-02
Primary Completion
2022-06-01
Completion
2022-07-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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