Impact of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Fatigability and Fatigue Induced by a Selective Attention Task

Withdrawn before enrolling · Phase 1 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Fatigue

In brief

This research project is focusing on changes in mental fatigue due to transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in healthy individuals. The study aim is to see if mental fatigue can be rescued by administering a safe dose of tDCS. tDCS has been shown to decrease fatigue in healthy individuals experiencing extended wakefulness, and the investigators aim to investigate if similar results can be found in a fatigue inducing task. This is a single-blind randomized control trial that will compare mental fatigue between tDCS treatment and sham treatment groups through both subjective and objective measures. Objective fatigue will be measured by reaction time with the Stroop test and subjective fatigue will be measured by the multidimensional fatigue inventory questionnaire.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02840214

Run by

University of Colorado, Denver

People needed

0

Last updated by the study team

2017-07-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 40. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• right-handed
• normal or corrected-normal vision,

You may not qualify if…

• pregnant women,
• history of medical conditions associated with fatigue, including, but not limited to:
• Parkinson's disease,
• Alzheimer's disease,
• diabetes mellitus,
• hypothyroidism,
• chronic fatigue syndrome,
• anemia,
• infectious mononucleosis,
• irritable bowel syndrome

Where it is running

• University of Colorado Denver — Aurora, Colorado, United States

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