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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
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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Anodal tDCS | Experimental | Subjects will receive 20min anodal tDCS |
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| Sham tDCS | Sham Comparator | Subjects will receive 20 minutes of Sham anodal tDCS |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| TDCS | Device | 20 minutes, 2 electrodes (C3/FP2) |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Stephen Bornheim, Msc | Liege University Hospital | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Liege Univeristy Hospital | Liège | 4000 | Belgium |
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| ID | Term |
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| D065908 | Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D004599 | Electric Stimulation Therapy |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
| D003295 | Convulsive Therapy |
| D013000 | Psychiatric Somatic Therapies |
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Randomized, triple-blind, sham-controlled, crossover
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The device is preprogrammed by a third party non participating in any element in the study. They then chose (using opaque envelopes) the treatment code for each participant
| D004191 | Behavioral Disciplines and Activities |
| D004597 | Electroshock |
| D011580 | Psychological Techniques |