Nature prescribed: a walk in the woods to heal concussions?
NCT ID NCT07642739
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether spending time in nature can help people recover faster from a concussion. 24 participants aged 14-35 who recently had a concussion will either do guided awareness exercises in a natural setting or indoors. Researchers will track symptoms, thinking speed, and mood to see if nature speeds up healing.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- nature-based guided awareness (spending time in natural settings)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, drug-free way to speed up concussion recovery and lower the risk of long-term symptoms.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study (24 people) with no control for placebo effects. It is too early to know if nature exposure truly helps or if results will apply to everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 24 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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14 to 35 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Require that any participant is 14-35 years old 2. Required that any participant under 18 years old can be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian for the duration of the study 3. Required that participants be English speakers 4. Required that persons be able to provide consent for themselves 5. Required that the participant must have suffered a clinically diagnoses concussion 5 days or less prior to the first study visit 6. Concussion must have been diagnosed by a licensed clinical medicine professional. 7. No additional professional treatment modalities outside of normal clinical concussion recovery recommendations may have been received prior to study participation. These include participation in a separate concussion rehabilitation study, cognitive behavioral therapies, vestibule-ocular therapies (balance), in-patient physical therapy, consumption of stimulant medication, and chiropractic manipulation. 8. Injury must have been diagnosed as a concussion or mild-traumatic brain injury. Participant must not have been diagnosed with of severe traumatic brain injury, hematoma, fractured skull or facial bones, or comatose. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Exclude persons under 14 years old or over 35 years old 2. Exclude persons taking anti-inflammatory drugs (both prescription and OTC), or those who will have taken them within 24 hours prior to Visit 1 3. Exclude smokers and former smokers, as defined by CDC. (Anyone who smokes daily or who has smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime) 4. Those with presence of an active infection (including a dental infection) 5. Exclude persons who have migraines 6. Exclude persons taking mood stabilizer medications 7. Exclude persons who have consumed alcohol within 48 hours prior to study participation, participants will be asked this by one of the study members through the exclusion criteria screening form when they first contact the study 8. Exclude persons who are pregnant.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Recreation Building
University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, United States
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