The Impact of Riboflavin on the Severity and Duration of Sports Related Concussion

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of riboflavin to decrease the duration of time for a student-athlete to return to participation in sports after a sports related concussion.

Timeline

Start

2014-09

Primary completion

2015-08

Completion

2015-08

Publications

• Background Barbre AB, Hoane MR. Magnesium and riboflavin combination therapy following cortical contusion injury in the rat. Brain Res Bull. 2006 May 31;69(6):639-46. doi: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.03.009. Epub 2006 Apr 3.
• Background Kokiko ON, Hamm RJ. A review of pharmacological treatments used in experimental models of traumatic brain injury. Brain Inj. 2007 Mar;21(3):259-74. doi: 10.1080/02699050701209964.
• Background Langlois JA, Rutland-Brown W, Wald MM. The epidemiology and impact of traumatic brain injury: a brief overview. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2006 Sep-Oct;21(5):375-8. doi: 10.1097/00001199-200609000-00001.
• Background MacLennan SC, Wade FM, Forrest KM, Ratanayake PD, Fagan E, Antony J. High-dose riboflavin for migraine prophylaxis in children: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. J Child Neurol. 2008 Nov;23(11):1300-4. doi: 10.1177/0883073808318053.
• Background Maizels M, Blumenfeld A, Burchette R. A combination of riboflavin, magnesium, and feverfew for migraine prophylaxis: a randomized trial. Headache. 2004 Oct;44(9):885-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2004.04170.x.
• Background McCrory P, Meeuwisse W, Aubry M, Cantu B, Dvorak J, Echemendia R, Engebretsen L, Johnston K, Kutcher J, Raftery M, Sills A, Benson B, Davis G, Ellenbogen R, Guskiewicz K, Herring SA, Iverson G, Jordan B, Kissick J, McCrea M, McIntosh A, Maddocks D, Makdissi M, Purcell L, Putukian M, Schneider K, Tator C, Turner M. Consensus statement on Concussion in Sport--the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2012. J Sci Med Sport. 2013 May;16(3):178-89. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2013.02.009. Epub 2013 Mar 29. No abstract available.
• Background Patterson ZR, Holahan MR. Understanding the neuroinflammatory response following concussion to develop treatment strategies. Front Cell Neurosci. 2012 Dec 12;6:58. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2012.00058. eCollection 2012.
• Background Schoenen J, Jacquy J, Lenaerts M. Effectiveness of high-dose riboflavin in migraine prophylaxis. A randomized controlled trial. Neurology. 1998 Feb;50(2):466-70. doi: 10.1212/wnl.50.2.466.
• Background Sundaram U. Regulation of intestinal vitamin B(2) absorption. Focus on "Riboflavin uptake by human-derived colonic epithelial NCM460 cells". Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2000 Feb;278(2):C268-9. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.2000.278.2.C268. No abstract available.
• Background Trojian TH, Jackson E. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and concussions: treatment or not? Curr Sports Med Rep. 2011 Jul;10(4):180-5. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e31822458d5. No abstract available.
• Background Yee AJ. Effectiveness of high-dose riboflavin in migraine prophylaxis. Neurology. 1999 Jan 15;52(2):431-2. doi: 10.1212/wnl.52.2.431-a. No abstract available.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.