The Effect of tDCS on Motor Performance and Cortical Excitability

Hasselt University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Motor Performance; Cortical Excitability; tDCS

Treatments: Device: transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) (NeuroConn DC-stimulator)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01740843

MECU2012-004

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study the effect of tDCS intensity on motor performance and corticospinal (CS) excitability is evaluated. The investigators expect that a positive relationship between current intensity and motor performance/CS excitability.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy subjects

Exclusion criteria

• Contraindications for tDCS/TMS
• TMS measurements have to be possible

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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30 participants in 3 patient groups

Low intensity anodal tDCS

Active Comparator group

Description:

tDCS will be administered for 10 min at 1mA

Treatment:

Device: transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) (NeuroConn DC-stimulator)

High intensity anodal tDCS

Experimental group

Description:

tDCS will be administered for 10 min at 2.5mA

Treatment:

Device: transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) (NeuroConn DC-stimulator)

Sham tDCS

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Sham will be administered for 10 min at 0 mA

Treatment:

Device: transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) (NeuroConn DC-stimulator)