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Influence of Fast and Slow Imagined Muscle Contractions on Muscle Function or Central Nervous System Properties
Led by Kennesaw State University · Updated on 2024-10-09
18
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
30 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
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.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Influence of Fast and Slow Imagined Muscle Contractions on Muscle Function or Central Nervous System Properties
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Be between the ages of 18 - 30
- Healthy with no medical conditions
- If female, must be taking the same monophasic oral contraceptive for the past 6 months
- Have a body mass index between 18.5 - 30 kg/m2
- Have not performed structured cardiovascular or resistance exercise in past 3 years
- Be right-handed
- Not currently taking stimulants, antipsychotic, anxiety, or depression medications
- Have not suffered an upper extremity musculoskeletal injury within the past year
You will not qualify if you...
- If transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is not deemed appropriate based on your responses to the TMS-specific questionnaire
- Being ambidextrous
- If muscle activation responses cannot be detected through TMS
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, Georgia, United States, 30144
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Research Team
G
Garrett Hester, Ph.D.
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
CROSSOVER
Primary Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Number of Arms
3
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