Icing Effects on Neck Functions of the Boxers

Most boxing injuries occurs over head and neck which leads to potentially acute or chronic head and neck injuries. Patients with whiplash injury has been reported, reflected by increased body sway and reduced ability to overcome challenging balance tasks. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the fitness and balance outcomes between the boxers and the control group, and boxers undergoing posterior-neck icing effects.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Balance
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: icing massage

Detailed Description

Injuries are common in boxing, occurring most often to the head, neck, face, and hands. Traumatic minor cervical strains are common place in high-impact sports and premature degenerative changes have been documented in sports people exposed to recurrent impact trauma or repetitive forces. Whiplash injury may result in extensive trauma to muscles and ligamentous structures within the cervical spine . Many of these structures, particularly the muscles, contain mechanoreceptors that play a key role in position sense. Studies have shown that head and neck position sense may become impaired following whiplash injury. Subsequently, poor movement patterns, together with the perpetuation of pain and other symptoms may develop.

Posture control is achieved by integration of sensory inputs emanating from somatosensory, vestibular, and visual systems. Patients with whiplash injury has been reported, reflected by increased body sway and reduced ability to overcome challenging balance tasks. In this study we have attempted to evaluate the influence of boxing on balance performances, isometric strength and flexibility; furthermore, evaluate the therapeutic effect of ice massage on boxers.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 50
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Taoyuan County, Taiwan, 333
    • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 24 years (ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• boxers
• Must be able to cooperate to our intervention

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any head and neck injury in recent six months
• personal history of head and neck surgery, tumor, infection, and musculoskeletal disease of neck
• Lesions of central or peripheral nervous system, such as visual or vestibular system, any of which may also affect performance of balance

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: CROSSOVER
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: balance, neck isometric strength and range of motion	Other: icing massage; The intervention, ice massage, was conducted by replacing a bag of crushed ice (100 cc) inside a moistened towel and lightly rubbed over lumbosacral region for 10 minutes. The moisture towel increased the intensity of the cooling sensation more than the dry wrappings; Other Names: serial number:200800018; code name:9700018

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
balance performance on the sensory organization test (SOT)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
neck isometric strength in six directions
neck range of motion in six directions

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Taipei Physical Education College

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: January 1, 2009
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): April 1, 2009
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): July 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 15, 2010
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 15, 2010
• First Posted (ESTIMATE): September 16, 2010

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE): September 16, 2010
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 15, 2010
• Last Verified: December 1, 2008

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: balance; neck range of motion; icing; boxer; neck isometric strength; balance performance
• Other Study ID Numbers: 200800018