How do the Neck Muscles Influence Head Acceleration During Sport-associated Impact Events in High School Athletes?

"All subjects will exercise 2 days per week for 12 weeks under the direct supervision of a study-assigned strength coach with a minimum of 1 day of rest between exercise sessions.~Participants will perform a standardized set of general resistance exercises targeting the chest, shoulders, back, upper and lower extremities, and core. Additionally, they will also perform a higher number of repetitions of manual resistance neck strengthening exercises in sagittal plane flexion and extension, coronal plane lateral flexion in both directions, and axial plane rotation in both directions,as well as dumbbell shoulder shrugs."

"All subjects will exercise 2 days per week for 12 weeks under the direct supervision of a study-assigned strength coach with a minimum of 1 day of rest between exercise sessions.~Participants will perform a standardized set of general resistance exercises targeting only the chest, shoulders, back, upper and lower extremities, and core, without resistance exercises specifically targeting the neck."