Training in Combination With Non-invasive Brain Stimulation (TrainStim)

Friedhelm Hummel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Motor Skill Acquisition in Healthy Older Adults

Treatments: Other: Placebo; Other: Verum

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07059533

2017-00301

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to investigate the impact of non-invasive brain stimulation on motor skill acquisition in healthy individuals. Participants performed a motor task with non-invasive brain stimulation applied over the area of the brain where movements were controlled. The study compared motor skill performance between with the active stimulation and the placebo stimulation.

Full description

This study implemented a randomized, double-blinded, and sham-controlled design, investigating the effects of non-invasive brain stimulation on motor skill acquisition in healthy individuals.

Enrollment: 88 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age equals to or over 18 years old
• absence of major neurological, psychiatric and physical impairment, with normal or corrected to normal vision
• right handed
• in good general health

Exclusion criteria

• professional musicians/stenotypist
• unable to consent
• unable to perform the task as required (instructions and setup)
• exclusion criteria for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), transcranial electrical stimulation (tES), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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88 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Verum

Experimental group

Description:

anodal transcranial direct current stimulation

Treatment:

Other: Verum

Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

40 seconds of stimulation delivered at the beginning of training (with 8 seconds ramp-up and 5 seconds ramp-down times)

Treatment:

Other: Placebo