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tDCS Effects on Associative Learning in Older Adults of Retirement Age (TRAINSTIM2)

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Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status

Completed

Conditions

Healthy Older Adults

Treatments

Device: tDCS
Behavioral: training

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02839993
TRAINSTIM2.A

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate whether a tDCS-accompanied training of audio-visual associative memory leads to a performance improvement in healthy older individuals.

Enrollment

10 patients

Sex

All

Ages

66+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Age: old-retired (≥66 years).
  • Right handedness
  • unobtrusive neuropsychological screening

Exclusion criteria

  • Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or other neurological diseases.
  • History of severe alcoholism or use of drugs.
  • Severe psychiatric disorders such as depression, psychosis (if not in remission) and severe untreated medical problems.
  • Contraindication for MRI (claustrophobia, metallic implants, ferromagnetic metals in the body, disorders of thermoregulation, pregnant women)

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Crossover Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

10 participants in 2 patient groups

Anodal tDCS + training
Experimental group
Description:
Combination of intensive training of picture-word associations (Wernicko task) with anodal stimulation
Treatment:
Behavioral: training
Device: tDCS
Sham tDCS + training
Sham Comparator group
Description:
Combination of intensive training of picture-word associations (Wernicko task) with sham stimulation
Treatment:
Behavioral: training
Device: tDCS

Trial contacts and locations

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