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A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Docosahexaenoic Acid for the Treatment of Sport-Related Concussion in Adolescents
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The objective was to examine the use of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) for the treatment of sport-related concussion (SRC) in adolescent athletes. We hypothesize that participants who intake 2 g of DHA daily will not experience differences in recovery compared with participants who take a placebo. This double-blind, randomized controlled pilot trial was performed in a tertiary pediatric sports medicine clinic from 2013 to 2017 in adolescents (14-18 years) presenting with diagnosed SRC within 4 days of injury. Forty participants were randomized into DHA or PLACEBO group and were instructed to take 2 capsules twice daily for 12 weeks. Participants in the DHA group were symptom-free earlier than the PLACEBO group (11.0 vs 16.0 days, P = .08) and were cleared to begin the Return to Sport progression (14.0 vs 19.5 days, P = .12) sooner. The use of 2 g/day of DHA was well-tolerated and did not significantly affect recovery times in adolescent athletes following SRC. Clinical Trial Registration: ClincalTrials.gov, NCT01903525
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“A randomized controlled trial in adolescent athletes (14–18 years) found that DHA supplementation (2 g/day) following sport-related concussion resulted in earlier symptom resolution and return-to-play clearance, although results were not statistically significant [65].”
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- Miller, S. M., Zynda, A. J., Sabatino, M. J., Jo, C., Ellis, H. B., & Dimeff, R. J.
- Affiliations
- Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas, TX, USA
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Texas Orthopaedic Associates, Dallas, TX, USA
- ORCID
- Zynda, Aaron J.
- Venue
- Clinical Pediatrics
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2022-06-19
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 785-794
- ISSN
- 0009-9228
- 1938-2707
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 1
- Language
- en
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- journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
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