NCT07059533

Training in Combination With Non-invasive Brain Stimulation

Non-invasive Brain Stimulation to Enhance the Effects of Training in Healthy Old and Patients With Focal Brain Lesions

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 88 (actual)
• Sponsor: Friedhelm Hummel · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this study is to investigate the impact of non-invasive brain stimulation on motor skill acquisition in healthy individuals. Participants performed a motor task with non-invasive brain stimulation applied over the area of the brain where movements were controlled. The study compared motor skill performance between with the active stimulation and the placebo stimulation.

Detailed description

This study implemented a randomized, double-blinded, and sham-controlled design, investigating the effects of non-invasive brain stimulation on motor skill acquisition in healthy individuals.

Conditions

• Motor Skill Acquisition in Healthy Older Adults

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Verum	anodal transcranial direct current stimulation: 20 minutes of stimulation with 1 mA (ramp-up/ramp-down times of 8 seconds)
OTHER	Placebo	anodal transcranial direct current stimulation with 40 seconds of stimulation delivered at the beginning of training (with 8 seconds ramp-up and 5 seconds ramp-down times)

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-03-31
• Primary completion: 2025-01-31
• Completion: 2025-01-31
• First posted: 2025-07-10
• Last updated: 2025-07-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland