NCT06855316

Evaluating Combined Electromagnetic Stimulation for Enhanced Physical and Psychological Recovery in Athletes with DOMS

Evaluating Combined Electromagnetic Stimulation for Enhanced Physical and Psychological Recovery in Athletes with DOMS: a Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Sierra Varona SL · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This randomized controlled trial explores the impact of a combined transcranial and peripheral electromagnetic stimulation over the potential correlation between psychological well-being and recovery outcomes of young athletes experiencing Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness.

Detailed description

This randomized controlled trial explores the impact of a combined transcranial and peripheral electromagnetic stimulation (TMS and PES) over the potential correlation between psychological well-being and recovery outcomes of young athletes experiencing Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness. Grounded in the emerging theory of DOMS as an axonopathy affecting muscle spindles, this study examines whether paired-associative stimulation can show link over physical and psychological recovery processes. Forty-eight male athletes, aged 18 to 35 years, regularly engaged in exercise, will be randomly assigned to one of four groups: Control (placebo), PES, TMS, and Combined Stimulation (TMS + PES). All participants will perform a muscle-damaging exercise protocol to induce DOMS, followed by the assigned electromagnetic intervention. Assessments will include dynamometry, Counter Movement Jump (CMJ), Visual Analog Scale for Fatigue (VAS-F), Pain Pressure Threshold (PPT), sprint performance, and various psychological measures, such as the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II), and the Spanish versions of the Big Five Personality Traits, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale. These assessments will be conducted at baseline and at multiple intervals post-exercise (1 hour, 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours).

Conditions

• Recovery, Psychological
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	electromagnetic stimulation	After performing a high-intensity eccentric exercise session, participants will undergo a daily session of transcranial and/or peripheral magnetic stimulation for three days. The objective is to enhance nerve conduction, which, according to the latest theories on DOMS, may be the cause of decreased athletic performance

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-02-24
• Primary completion: 2025-03-03
• Completion: 2025-03-07
• First posted: 2025-03-03
• Last updated: 2025-03-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain