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ArticleExperimental brain research2017

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to the supplementary motor area (SMA) influences performance on motor tasks.

K E Hupfeld, C J Ketcham, H D Schneider

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Article in Experimental brain research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06383039 (The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Balance on Supplementary Motor Area and Cerebellum in Healthy Individuals), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT06383039 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Balance on Supplementary Motor Area and Cerebellum in Healthy Individuals

TypeinterventionalSponsorZeynep SoyRan2022 to 2023Enrolled30ConditionsBalanceArmsTranscranial Direct Current Stimulation
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Authors and funding

3 authors.

K E HupfeldDepartment of Exercise Science, Elon University, 2525 Campus Box, Elon, NC, 27244, USA.
C J KetchamDepartment of Exercise Science, Elon University, 2525 Campus Box, Elon, NC, 27244, USA. cketcham@elon.edu.
H D SchneiderBrain Function Laboratory, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The supplementary motor area (SMA) is believed to be highly involved in the planning and execution of both simple and complex motor tasks. This study aimed to examine the role of the SMA in planning the movements required to complete reaction time, balance, and pegboard tasks using anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), which passes a weak electrical current between two electrodes, in order to modulate neuronal activity. Twenty healthy adults were counterbalanced to receive either tDCS (experimental condition) or no tDCS (control condition) for 3 days. During administration of tDCS, participants performed a balance task significantly faster than controls. After tDCS, subjects significantly improved their simple and choice reaction time. These results demonstrate that the SMA is highly involved in planning and executing fine and gross motor skill tasks and that tDCS is an effective modality for increasing SMA-related performance on these tasks. The findings may be generalizable and therefore indicate implications for future interventions using tDCS as a therapeutic tool.

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Analysis of VarianceEvoked Potentials, MotorFemaleHumansMaleMotor CortexMotor SkillsPostural BalanceReaction TimeTime FactorsTranscranial Direct Current StimulationYoung AdultBalanceMotor planningReaction timeSupplementary motor area (SMA)Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

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PMID27909747

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