Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:39 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:39 AM
NCT ID:
NCT04605367
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Male or female
* Aged between 65 and 80.
* Mastery of the French language.
* Available for the entire study.
* Right-handedness of the upper limbs with a score \> 0.5 on the Edinburgh laterality test (Oldfield, 1971).
* Right-handedness of the lower limbs with a score of ≥ -6 on the Waterloo laterality test (Waterloo, 1980).
* Cognitively preserved with an MMSE score ≥ 25 (Mini Mental State Examination, GRECO version, 2003).
Exclusion Criteria:
* A refusal to participate in the study or to sign the consent.
* No coverage by a Social Security plan.
* A deprivation of civil rights (guardianship, tutorship, protection of justice).
* A Body Mass Index (BMI) \> 25kg/m2.
* A nap every afternoon.
* A psychiatric, neurological or motor disorder.
* A visuospatial empan \< 3 on the Corsi block test (Corsi, 1972).
* A depression score \> 5 on the Yesavage Geriatric Depression Scale (Yesavage et al., 1982).
* A walking aid (cane, walker).
* A fall during the last 12 months.
* A risk of falling, with a score \> 14s on the Timed Up and GO (TUG, Podsiadlo \& Richardson, 1991).
* A difficulty in standing or moving, grasping or manipulating objects.
* A disabling pain in the upper and/or lower limbs.
* The presence of osteoarthritis or arthritis in the fingers of the left hand and lower limbs.
* A chronic disease (rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis...).
* An injury to the left hand and/or lower limbs that is less than 3 months old.
* A surgery on a joint that is less than 6 months old.
* Current or past practice of an activity involving strong manual dexterity (piano, guitar, typing, etc.) or coordination of the lower limbs (dance, rhythmic gymnastics, English boxing, etc.) for more than 3 hours per week.
* An inability to perform motor imagery with a score of 10 on the Kinesthetic and Visual Imagery Questionnaire (KVIQ, Malouin et al., 2007) as well as an imagined time/actual execution time ratio \> 1.5s on the mental chronometric test.
Common exclusion criteria applied for the safe use of tDCS:
* No significant neurological history (e.g., history of migraines, traumatic brain injury resulting in a loss of consciousness, epilepsy or history of epilepsy);
* No history of alcohol and/or substance abuse;
* No psychiatric illness;
* No metallic implants (intracranial electrodes, surgical clips, pacemaker)
* No wound scalp or skin condition (psoriasis, eczema).
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
65 Years
Maximum Age:
80 Years
Study:
NCT04605367
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT04605367