Can transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the motor cortex increase endurance running performance? a randomized crossover-controlled trial

• Géraldine Martens ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: geraldine.martens@uliege.be

  Affiliations Department of Physical Activity and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium, Sport & Trauma Applied Research Lab, Montreal Sacred Heart Hospital Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Surgery, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7038-7165

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• Stéphanie Hody,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physical Activity and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1951-3725

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• Stephen Bornheim,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physical Activity and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

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• Luca Angius,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4606-4272

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• Louis De Beaumont,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Sport & Trauma Applied Research Lab, Montreal Sacred Heart Hospital Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Surgery, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Felipe Fregni,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Neuromodulation Center and Center for Clinical Research Learning, Spaulding Rehabilitation, Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Giulio Ruffini,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Neuroelectrics Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Jean-François Kaux,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Physical Activity and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium, Department of Physical Medicine and Sports Traumatology, SportS2, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, IOC Research Centre for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health, FIMS Collaborative Center of Sports Medicine, University and University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium

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• Aurore Thibaut,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Coma Science Group, GIGA Consciousness, University and University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium

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• Thierry Bury

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physical Activity and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

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