Citation

Miller SM, Zynda AJ, Sabatino MJ, Jo C, Ellis HB, Dimeff RJ. Clin. Pediatr. 2022; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/00099228221101726

PMID

35722886

Abstract

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.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; recovery; sport-related concussion; treatment; DHA