Effects of tDCS on High Level and Recreational Athletes

University of Liege60 enrolled

Overview

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

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Healthy Athlete

Interventions

tDCSDEVICE

20 minutes of anodal tDCS (C3/FP2) 2mA or sham

Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 30 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Liege Univeristy Hospital

Liège, Belgium

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Peak Strength

Peak strength (measured by the isokinetic machine) is measured after each of the 30 repetitions. Peak strength of the 30 repetitions will be measured, and how strength decreases throughout the test will be analysed

Time frame: Immediately after tDCS and sham

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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