Non-invasive Neuromodulation NESA in Neuroefficiency in Basketball Players

Efficacy of Non-invasive Neuromodulation NESA in Neuroefficiency in Basketball Players on the Field

Competitive team sports calendars are becoming increasingly compressed, generating changes in the effort-recovery cycle. Given this new situation, it seems necessary to analyze how it affects the physiological and performance level of semi-professional players, as well as how to observe if the non-invasive neuromodulation technique NESA helps the neuroefficiency and concentration values of said players.

The design of this study is a randomised, triple blind clinical trial with placebo control.

The general configuration of the study consists of capturing the second basketball team of FC BARCELONA. For this, a double-blind capture system will be available (neither the specialist nor those responsible for recovery will know which patients are entering the complementary treatment) and two NESA XSIGNAL® devices operating in double-blind (due to the imperceptivity of the stimulation performed, there will be a placebo machine and another that applies the treatment).

At the end of the study, the results obtained between the different groups of patients will be able to be compared; those additionally treated with a device, those treated with a placebo device and those in the standard rehabilitation procedure without a device.

The variables of the study will be collected at three time points: before the intervention, during the intervention and at the end of the intervention.

The statistical analysis will be an intention-to-treat analysis. For the main outcomes variables a two factor ANOVA will-be performed (intervention-time) with a post-hoc analysis with kruskal wallis correction correction. Statistical significance will be defined as p <0.05

Inclusion Criteria:

• Belonging to the team
• Participants do not present injury or pathology during the study
• In normal conditions and mentally competent to participate in the study.
• In condition to complete the study questionnaires.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Present some of the contraindications for a treatment with non-invasive neuromodulation: pacemakers, internal bleeding, do not apply electrodes on skin in poor condition, with ulcerations or wounds, acute febrile processes, acute thrombophlebitis and / or electricity phobia.
• Not having signed the informed consent.
• Present any injury or pathology during the study