NCT04148547

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in the Primary Motor Cortex in Healthy Individuals

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in the Primary Motor Cortex and Its Effects on Sensitivity, Pressure Pain Threshold, and Electromyographic Activity in Healthy Individuals: A Quasi-experimental Single-blind Sham-controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad Autonoma de Madrid · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The main aim of this study is to assess the short-term effects of active-tDCS (a-tDCS) on the M1 regarding sensorimotor variables such as discriminative sensation, pressure pain threshold and electromyographic activity compared with a sham-tDCS (s-tDCS) in healthy individuals. The main objective was to determine whether there were clinically relevant changes generated by tDCS and if they were superior to a sham intervention.

Conditions

• Basic Physiology
• Brain Stimulation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Sooma transcranial direct current stimulation device	This group received brain training through transcranial direct current for 20 minutes.
DEVICE	Placebo Sooma transcranial direct current stimulation device	This group received sham brain training through transcranial direct current for 20 minutes. The current is active for 15 seconds and then switches off until the intervention is finished.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-09-01
• Primary completion: 2019-06-01
• Completion: 2019-06-30
• First posted: 2019-11-01
• Last updated: 2019-11-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain