Effects of tDCS on High Level and Recreational Athletes

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-03-31

Study Completion Date

2019-06-30

Brief Summary

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Healthy recreational and high level athletes will undergo 2 randomized, cross-over counterbalanced sessions of anodal tDCS or sham tDCS.

The primary outcome is an isokinetic evaluation of their hamstrings' and quadriceps' endurance after each session

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Detailed Description

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Recruitment :

Healthy recreational and high level athletes will be recruited through social media and advertisements.

Each subject came twice to the Liege University Hospitals' isokinetic lab. Each session began with strapping the subjet into the isokinetic machine, making sure that all the settings were adapted to the subject. Then, each subject received either anodal tDCS, of sham tDCS. Neither the evaluator or the subject knew which they were receiving. Immediately following tDCS, there was a warmup consisting of stationary bike, and an isokinetic warmup. Then, subjects' endurance was using a maximal isokinetic tests, at 30 maximal concentric and eccentric contractions at a speed of 180°/s.

Conditions

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Healthy Athlete

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Randomized, triple-blind, sham-controlled, crossover

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

The device is preprogrammed by a third party non participating in any element in the study. They then chose (using opaque envelopes) the treatment code for each participant

Study Groups

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Anodal tDCS

Subjects will receive 20min anodal tDCS

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

tDCS

Intervention Type DEVICE

20 minutes of anodal tDCS (C3/FP2) 2mA or sham

Sham tDCS

Subjects will receive 20 minutes of Sham anodal tDCS

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

tDCS

Intervention Type DEVICE

20 minutes of anodal tDCS (C3/FP2) 2mA or sham

Interventions

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tDCS

20 minutes of anodal tDCS (C3/FP2) 2mA or sham

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

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Non invasive brain stimulation

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* For the "recreational" group at most 3 hours of sport a week
* For the "athletic" group, at least 10 hours of sport a week
* Right handed and footed