Influence of Fast and Slow Imagined Muscle Contractions on Muscle Function or Central Nervous System Properties

Part of paid clinical trials in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Sponsor
Kennesaw State University
Study ID
NCT06627491
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Healthy

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 30 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Imagined muscle contractions — BEHAVIORAL
    The intervention involved imagining, with no physical movement, of muscle contractions.

Study Details

The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to learn if imagining fast or slow muscle contractions causes different responses for nervous system excitability and muscle function in young, healthy males and females in. The main questions are: Does imagining fast muscle contractions cause greater nervous system excitability compared to imagining slow muscle contractions? Does imagining fast muscle contractions increase muscle function compared to imagining slow muscle contractions? A control condition (rest) will be compared with two intervention conditions: imagining fast and imagining slow conditions, to determine if the fast and slow increase outcomes more than control and if fast has the greatest response. Participants will: * Attend 4 laboratory visits * Perform 50 imagined contractions fast or slow, but with no physical movement * Physical muscle contractions and non-invasive brain stimulation would be completed before and after each condition.

Key Dates

Start date
Oct 31, 2024
Status verified
Oct 2024
Primary completion
May 31, 2025
Completion
May 31, 2025

Study Design

Enrollment
18 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE

Arms

  • No Intervention: Control
    Participants will rest quietly with eyes closed during the control condition.
  • Experimental: Fast
    Participants will imagine 2 blocks of 25 fast muscle contractions separated by 30 sec
  • Experimental: Slow
    Participants will imagine 2 blocks of 25 slow muscle contractions separated by 30 sec

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in rate of torque development as measured by newton-meters per second [ Time Frame: Baseline, minute 20 ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Kennesaw State UniversityKennesawGeorgia30144
Garrett Hester, Ph.D.
[email protected]
470-578-4267
Garrett Hester, Ph.D.

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