A Single Session of tDCS (Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation) Improves Endurance for 30 Minutes

NCT ID: NCT03901508

Last Updated: 2020-03-31

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-04-05

Study Completion Date

2019-06-05

Brief Summary

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Healthy recreational athletes will undergo a session of anodal tDCS (transcranial direct current stimulation) or sham tDCS.

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

Detailed Description

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

Each subject came 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 underwent a concentric and eccentric isokinetic test of their lower limbs (dominant or non-dominant side depending on their group). Subjects then received either anodal tDCS, of sham tDCS. Neither the evaluator or the subject knew which they were receiving. Immediately following tDCS, there was a another isokinetic test, and 30 minutes after the second test, a subjects underwent a third test.

Conditions

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Athlete Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

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, 2 electrodes (C3/FP2)

Sham tDCS

Subjects will receive 20 minutes of Sham anodal tDCS

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

TDCS

Intervention Type DEVICE

20 minutes, 2 electrodes (C3/FP2)

Interventions

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TDCS

20 minutes, 2 electrodes (C3/FP2)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

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Non invasive brain stimulation

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Between 3 and 5 hours of sport a week
* Right handed and footed

Exclusion Criteria

* One on the TSST (in high and relatively high risk sections)
* Previous neurological or orthopedic pathologies affecting limbs
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Liege

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Bornheim Stephen

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Stephen Bornheim, Msc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Liege University Hospital

Locations

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Liege Univeristy Hospital

Liège, , Belgium

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium

Other Identifiers

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2017/29

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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