A Single Session of tDCS (Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation) Improves Endurance for 30 Minutes

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Single Session of a-tDCS Improves Lower Limb Endurance for 30 Minutes in Healthy Subjects

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03901508
• Other study ID #: 2017/29
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 5, 2019
• Est. completion date: June 5, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: March 2020
• Source: University of Liege
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Healthy recreational athletes will undergo a session of anodal tDCS (transcranial direct current stimulation) or sham tDCS.

The primary outcome is an isokinetic evaluation of their hamstrings' and quadriceps' strength before and after each session

Description:

Healthy recreational athletes will be recruited through social media and advertisements.

Each subject came 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 underwent a concentric and eccentric isokinetic test of their lower limbs (dominant or non-dominant side depending on their group). Subjects then received either anodal tDCS, of sham tDCS. Neither the evaluator or the subject knew which they were receiving. Immediately following tDCS, there was a another isokinetic test, and 30 minutes after the second test, a subjects underwent a third test.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: June 5, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: June 5, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Between 3 and 5 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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Athlete
• Healthy

Intervention

Device:
• TDCS
20 minutes, 2 electrodes (C3/FP2)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	Liege Univeristy Hospital	Liege

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Liege

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Isokinetic Peak Strength	Concentric and Eccentric Peak Strength is measured in hamstrings and quadriceps at 60°/s using an isokinetic dynamometer	Changes between prior to tDCS, immediately following tDCS and 30 minutes after tDCS
Primary	Isokinetic Work	Concentric and Eccentric Work is measured in hamstrings and quadriceps at 60°/s using an isokinetic dynamometer	Changes between prior to tDCS, immediately following tDCS and 30 minutes after tDCS