Clinical trial NCT06566118: Effects of Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Recovery
Official title: Effects of Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Recovery After Sports Activity in Young Athletes
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Fatigue
Recovery, Psychological
Keywords: Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Athlete
Recovery
Lead sponsor: Istanbul Gelisim University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-08-22
Enrollment: 40
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Uncontrolled study with the same sample in two groups
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: During the recovery process, the activity of the sympathetic system decreases, while the activity of the parasympathetic system increases. In line with this information, the nervous system can be regulated in a noninvasive and practical way by using transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation in order to achieve rapid recovery in the athlete after the activity.

Detailed description: In sports where physical loads are high, athletes can usually participate in more than one training or race during the day. Such work increases the athlete's fatigue, affects their performance and can cause serious declines. Therefore, an efficient and effective recovery process after high-intensity work and training that causes a decrease in performance is also very important for the athlete's next performance.

With the start of sports activity or exercise, sympathetic activation in the body increases and after a while reaches a plateau value at maximum activity. With the end of exercise, this time the suppressed parasympathetic activity begins to increase and the sympathetic system returns to a resting state over time.

There are insufficient studies in the literature investigating the use of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on the athletic population. Although it is clear that the application has effects on the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, more clinical research is needed on athletes. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of auricular vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) on vagal activity by examining the effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on recovery in amateur athletes through applications such as pulse and SpO2, blood pressure, perceived fatigue, and respiratory function tests.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being healthy between the ages of 18-25,
* Volunteering to participate in the study,
* Signing the voluntary consent form,
* Being an amateur football player who continues his/her active sports life,
* Not having an injury that prevents participation in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having a disease related to the respiratory system,
* Having a disease related to the cardiac system,
* Having any chronic disease and using a medication related to it.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Respiratory Function Test
timeFrame: 2 Months
measure: Respiratory Function Test
timeFrame: 2 Months
measure: Respiratory Function Test
timeFrame: 2 Months
measure: Respiratory Function Test
timeFrame: 2 Months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: BORG Perceived Fatigue Measurement
timeFrame: 2 Months
Other outcomes:
measure: Pulse Measurement
timeFrame: 2 Months
measure: SPO2 Measurement
timeFrame: 2 Months
measure: Blood Pressure Measurement
timeFrame: 2 Months
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: İstanbul Gelisim University
Study officials:
affiliation: Principal Investigator
name: ALİ KARAAĞAÇ, MSc
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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