Effects of tDCS on High Level and Recreational Athletes

University of Liege

Status: Completed

Conditions: Athlete; Healthy

Treatments: Device: tDCS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03893604

2017-313

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Exclusion criteria

• One on the TSST (in high and relatively high risk sections)
• Previous neurological or orthopedic pathologies affecting limbs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Anodal tDCS

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects will receive 20min anodal tDCS

Treatment:

Device: tDCS

Sham tDCS

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Subjects will receive 20 minutes of Sham anodal tDCS

Treatment:

Device: tDCS