ArticlePhysiological reports2014
Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation in combination with motor practice on dexterous grasping and manipulation in healthy older adults.
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- The Impact of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Upper-Limb Motor Performance in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Pooled it
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- Effects of anodal stimulation and motor practice on limb-kinetic apraxia in Parkinson's disease.Experimental brain research · 2022Trial
- Multi-session anodal transcranial direct current stimulation enhances lower extremity functional performance in healthy older adults.Experimental brain research · 2020Trial
- Online polarity-dependent effects of cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation on motor speed and fine manual dexterity. A randomized controlled trial.Saudi medical journal · 2020Trial
- A Single Application of Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Fails to Enhance Motor Skill Acquisition in Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Study.Biomedicines · 2023Article
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Modulates Cognitive Function Related to Motor Execution During Sequential Task: A Randomized Control Study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Anodal tDCS does not enhance the learning of the sequential finger-tapping task by motor imagery practice in healthy older adults.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
- tDCS over the primary motor cortex contralateral to the trained hand enhances cross-limb transfer in older adults.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
- Skill in discrete keying sequences is execution rate specific.Psychological research · 2019Article
- Effects of tDCS of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex on Dual-Task Performance Involving Manual Dexterity and Cognitive Task in Healthy Older Adults.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2019Article
- Examining the Interactions Between Expectations and tDCS Effects on Motor and Cognitive Performance.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2018Article
- Motor Learning Improvement Remains 3 Months After a Multisession Anodal tDCS Intervention in an Aging Population.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2018Article
- Low intensity transcranial electric stimulation: Safety, ethical, legal regulatory and application guidelines.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2017Review
- Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on grip force control in patients with cerebellar degeneration.Cerebellum & ataxias · 2017Article
- Motor Sequence Learning in Healthy Older Adults Is Not Necessarily Facilitated by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS).Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2016Article
- Anodal tDCS over the Primary Motor Cortex Facilitates Long-Term Memory Formation Reflecting Use-Dependent Plasticity.PloS one · 2015Article
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- Electrifying the motor engram: effects of tDCS on motor learning and control.Experimental brain research · 2014Review
- Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation in combination with motor practice on dexterous grasping and manipulation in healthy older adults.Physiological reports · 2014Article
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Abstract
Abstract Transcranial anodal stimulation (tDCS) over primary motor cortex (M1) improves dexterous manipulation in healthy older adults. However, the beneficial effects of anodal tDCS in combination with motor practice on natural and clinically relevant functional manual tasks, and the associated changes in the digit contact forces are not known. To this end, we studied the effects of 20 min of tDCS applied over M1 for the dominant hand combined with motor practice (MP) in a sham-controlled crossover study. We monitored the forces applied to an object that healthy elderly individuals grasped and manipulated, and their performances on the Grooved Pegboard Test and the Key-slot task. Practice improved performance on the Pegboard test, and anodal tDCS + MP improved retention of this performance gain when tested 35 min later, whereas similar performance gains degraded in the sham group after 35 min. Interestingly, grip force variability on an isometric precision grip task performed with visual feedback of precision force increased following anodal tDCS + MP, but not sham tDCS + MP. This finding suggests that anodal tDCS over M1 might alter the descending drive to spinal motor neurons involved in the performance of isometric precision grip task under visual feedback leading to increased fluctuations in the grip force exerted on the object. Our results demonstrate that anodal stimulation in combination with motor practice helps older adults to retain their improved performance on a functionally relevant manual task in healthy older adults.
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