Sports Fatigue
Conditions
Keywords
transcranial direct current stimulation, primary motor cortex, prefrontal cortex, cognitive function, sports fatigue
Brief summary
Investigation of the effects of dual-site anodal transcranial direct current stimulation over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex or primary motor cortex on attention, decision-making and working memory during sports fatigue in elite soccer athletes
Interventions
DEVICEdual-site anodal tDCS over the M1
M1: motor cortex
DEVICEdual-site anodal tDCS over the DLPFC
DLPFC: dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
DEVICEsham tDCS
sham stimulation
Sponsors
Beijing Sport University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 24 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* elite soccer athletes
Exclusion criteria
* goalkeepers * pregnancies * family history of epilepsy * metallic head implants * neurological, psychiatric, or musculoskeletal disorders * severe sports injuries
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Accuracy of the Stroop task | immediately after the tDCS/sham-tDCS intervention |
| Reaction times of the Stroop task | immediately after the tDCS/sham-tDCS intervention |
| Net score in the Iowa Gambling task | immediately after the tDCS/sham-tDCS intervention |
| Hits in the 2-back task | immediately after the tDCS/sham-tDCS intervention |
| Misses in the 2-back task | immediately after the tDCS/sham-tDCS intervention |
| Reaction times in the 2-back task | immediately after the tDCS/sham-tDCS intervention |
| Index d' in the 2-back task | immediately after the tDCS/sham-tDCS intervention |
Countries
China
Outcome results
None listed