NCT04873804

The Effect of Transcranial Direct Stimulation on Cognitive Functions of Healthy Adults

The Effect Of Transcranial Direct Stimulation Applied To The Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex And Posterior Parietal Cortex İn Cognitive Function, Mood And Proprioception İn Healthy Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 57 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medipol University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Background: Transcranial direct current stimulation(tDCS) has been used to improve cognitive functions in healthy young adults. Purpose: To investigate the effect of TDCS application on different cortex regions on cognitive function. Methods: Sixty individuals aged 18-30 were included in the study. The participants were randomly divided into the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (Left DLPFC Group)(n=20), the right posterior parietal cortex (Right PPC Group)(n=20), and the sham group (Sham Group)(n=20). tDCS was applied for 20 minutes on weekdays for 2 weeks. The participants were evaluated in terms of cognitive functions with Neuropsychometric Test Battery before and after treatment.

Conditions

• Cognitive Symptom
• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation	The intervention protocols were applied using tDCS (Teknofil TESsaNova). All individuals received 2 mA of anodal tDCS for 2 weeks on weekdays. All applications were done in the form of 20-minute sessions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-10-10
• Primary completion: 2020-05-10
• Completion: 2020-06-10
• First posted: 2021-05-05
• Last updated: 2021-05-05

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)