Non-invasive Neuromodulation NESA in Neuroefficiency in Basketball Players

NCT ID: NCT04939181

Last Updated: 2021-12-14

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

12 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-05-01

Study Completion Date

2021-11-18

Brief Summary

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Competitive team sports calendars are becoming increasingly compressed, generating changes in the effort-recovery cycle. Given this new situation, it seems necessary to analyze how it affects the physiological and performance level of semi-professional players, as well as how to observe if the non-invasive neuromodulation technique NESA helps the neuroefficiency and concentration values of said players.

Detailed Description

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The design of this study is a randomised, triple blind clinical trial with placebo control.

The general configuration of the study consists of capturing the second basketball team of FC BARCELONA. For this, a double-blind capture system will be available (neither the specialist nor those responsible for recovery will know which patients are entering the complementary treatment) and two NESA XSIGNAL® devices operating in double-blind (due to the imperceptivity of the stimulation performed, there will be a placebo machine and another that applies the treatment).

At the end of the study, the results obtained between the different groups of patients will be able to be compared; those additionally treated with a device, those treated with a placebo device and those in the standard rehabilitation procedure without a device.

The variables of the study will be collected at three time points: before the intervention, during the intervention and at the end of the intervention.

The statistical analysis will be an intention-to-treat analysis. For the main outcomes variables a two factor ANOVA will-be performed (intervention-time) with a post-hoc analysis with kruskal wallis correction correction. Statistical significance will be defined as p \<0.05

Conditions

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Basketball Player

Keywords

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physical therapy modality Electric Stimulation Therapy basketball

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Non-invasive Neuromodulation

Intervention with microcurrents: application of 6 electrodes per extremity and an adhesive electrode at C7 level.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Non-invasive Neuromodulation

Intervention Type DEVICE

The electrodes will be placed with the help of gloves and adapted socks for 1 hour, twice a week, until 10 intervention sessions are completed. In addition, depending on the session, an adhesive electrode will be placed at the level of C7. Characteristics of microcurrents:

pulsed monophasic rectangular wave with a pulse of 1.3 s and pause of 300 ms, voltage 3 mV and intensity 0.5 μA.

Placebo Non-invasive Neuromodulation

Placebo microcurrents Intervention with microcurrents: application of 6 electrodes per extremity and an adhesive electrode at C7 level.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo Non-invasive Neuromodulation

Intervention Type DEVICE

The same protocol described for the experimental group will be applied, but microcurrents device which will be previously manipulated and tested with an oscilloscope so that they do not emit electrical currents.

Interventions

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Non-invasive Neuromodulation

The electrodes will be placed with the help of gloves and adapted socks for 1 hour, twice a week, until 10 intervention sessions are completed. In addition, depending on the session, an adhesive electrode will be placed at the level of C7. Characteristics of microcurrents:

pulsed monophasic rectangular wave with a pulse of 1.3 s and pause of 300 ms, voltage 3 mV and intensity 0.5 μA.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Placebo Non-invasive Neuromodulation

The same protocol described for the experimental group will be applied, but microcurrents device which will be previously manipulated and tested with an oscilloscope so that they do not emit electrical currents.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Belonging to the team
* Participants do not present injury or pathology during the study
* In normal conditions and mentally competent to participate in the study.
* In condition to complete the study questionnaires.

Exclusion Criteria

* Present some of the contraindications for a treatment with non-invasive neuromodulation: pacemakers, internal bleeding, do not apply electrodes on skin in poor condition, with ulcerations or wounds, acute febrile processes, acute thrombophlebitis and / or electricity phobia.
* Not having signed the informed consent.
* Present any injury or pathology during the study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

24 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Aníbal Báez Suárez

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Aníbal Báez-Suárez, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Locations

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Aníbal Báez-Suárez

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

References

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Reference Type DERIVED
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Other Identifiers

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NESABarça

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id