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NCT Number: NCT06594978

Effects of Dual-site Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Attention, Decision-making and Working Memory During Sports Fatigue in Elite Soccer Athletes

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

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Key information

Conditions

Sports Fatigue

Age range

18 year–24 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Sports, Exercise and Brain Sciences Laboratory, Sports Coaching College, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China

Beijing, Haidian, 100084, China

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • elite soccer athletes

Exclusion criteria

  • goalkeepers
  • pregnancies
  • family history of epilepsy
  • metallic head implants
  • neurological, psychiatric, or musculoskeletal disorders
  • severe sports injuries

Treatment and study plan

dual-site anodal tDCS over the M1

Device

M1: motor cortex

dual-site anodal tDCS over the DLPFC

Device

DLPFC: dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

Sham tDCS

Device

sham stimulation

Primary outcomes

  1. Accuracy of the Stroop task

    Time frame: immediately after the tDCS/sham-tDCS intervention

  2. Reaction times of the Stroop task

    Time frame: immediately after the tDCS/sham-tDCS intervention

  3. Net score in the Iowa Gambling task

    Time frame: immediately after the tDCS/sham-tDCS intervention

  4. Hits in the 2-back task

    Time frame: immediately after the tDCS/sham-tDCS intervention

  5. Misses in the 2-back task

    Time frame: immediately after the tDCS/sham-tDCS intervention

  6. Reaction times in the 2-back task

    Time frame: immediately after the tDCS/sham-tDCS intervention

  7. Index d' in the 2-back task

    Time frame: immediately after the tDCS/sham-tDCS intervention

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Beijing Sport University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Sep 19, 2024
Registry last updated
Sep 19, 2024

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