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NCT Number: NCT05436821

The Effect of Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Sportive Performance.

Performance is defined as the physiological potential required for an individual's physical activity. The sportive activity that he creates with his potential is defined as the sportive performance level of the individual. There are many factors that determine athletic performance. These factors are; environmental factors such as heredity, physical structure, training level, technical capacity and mental adequacy, quality of training areas, nutritional quality, suitability in weather conditions. All these factors affect the planning of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches that affect the performance of the athlete.

Autonomic regulation is very important for the reorganization of the athlete's performance. Auricular vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a non-invasive method. With this method, autonomic nervous system regulation can be done practically. In the literature, there are no studies examining the effect of VNS on recovery and performance in athletes.

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Key information

Conditions

Sports Performance

Age range

18 year–40 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Kırşehir ahi Evran Üniversitesi

Kırşehir, Central Anatolia, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

In this study, the effects of auricular vagus nerve stimulation on performance and recovery were investigated, which was designed as a randomized controlled trial, a single session of VSU was applied to 60 male professional athletes (30 experimantal, 30 control). The normal application waveform was biphasic asymmetric, with a pulse duration of 300 microseconds and a frequency of 25 hertz, for 20 minutes and continuously.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Being an athlete who continues an active sports life.
  • Not have an ongoing injury that prevents participation in the study
  • To make a medium and high level weekly training period.

Exclusion criteria

  • Having a systemic or neurological disease affecting the autonomic nervous system.
  • Be younger than 18 years old and over 40 years old.
  • Loss of sensation affecting the inner and outer ear, etc. have the disease.
  • Having any acute systemic disease to exercise.

Treatment and study plan

Auricular vagus nerve stimulation

Device

Autonomic nerve system regulation

Sham Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (AVNS)

Device

Sham Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (AVNS)

Primary outcomes

  1. Heart rate

    Time frame: 1 day

    Heart rate variability was controlled for autonomic measurement evaluation in both groups. Polar H7 heart rate sensor chest strap and wrist watch were used to measure analytical heart rate variability.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

İSMAİL CEYLAN

Other

Registry information

Official study title

INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF NONINVASIVE AURICULAR VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION ON PERFORMANCE IN PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Jun 29, 2022
Registry last updated
Jun 29, 2022

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