ArticleScientific reports2017
Anodal tDCS over the primary motor cortex improves motor imagery benefits on postural control: A pilot study.
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- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Augment Motor Imagery Training: A Systematic Review.The European journal of neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on motor skills learning in healthy adults through the activation of different brain regions: A systematic review.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Transcranial direct current stimulation combined with physical or cognitive training in people with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2020Pooled it
- Systematic Review of the Impact of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on the Neuromechanical Management of Foot and Ankle Physical Performance in Healthy Adults.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020Pooled it
- 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
- Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on psychomotor skill acquisition during laparoscopic training: a randomized controlled trial.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Trial
- Acute effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on postural control of trained athletes: A randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2024Trial
- The effects of concurrent bilateral anodal tDCS of primary motor cortex and cerebellum on corticospinal excitability: a randomized, double-blind sham-controlled study.Brain structure & function · 2022Trial
- Pushing athletic performance boundaries with anodal transcranial direct current stimulation: an exploratory, pilot, randomized controlled study on strength and inflammation in elite weightlifters.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Protocol for a home-based self-delivered prehabilitation intervention to proactively reduce fall risk in older adults: a pilot randomized controlled trial of transcranial direct current stimulation and motor imagery.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2024Article
- Action Observation and Motor Imagery as a Treatment in Patients with Parkinson's Disease.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2024Review
- Introduction to a Twin Dual-Axis Robotic Platform for Studies of Lower Limb Biomechanics.IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine · 2023Article
- The effect of bipolar bihemispheric tDCS on executive function and working memory abilities.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Is Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation an Effective Ergogenic Technology in Lower Extremity Sensorimotor Control for Healthy Population? A Narrative Review.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- Review of tDCS Configurations for Stimulation of the Lower-Limb Area of Motor Cortex and Cerebellum.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- 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
- Rekindling Action Language: A Neuromodulatory Study on Parkinson's Disease Patients.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Preliminary effects of prefrontal tDCS on dopamine-mediated behavior and psychophysiology.Behavioural brain research · 2021Article
- Stabilometric Correlates of Motor and Motor Imagery Expertise.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- [Review of cognitive enhancement techniques based on the combination of cognitive training and transcranial direct current stimulation].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2020Review
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Abstract
Performing everyday actions requires fine postural control, which is a major focus of functional rehabilitation programs. Among the various range of training methods likely to improve balance and postural stability, motor imagery practice (MIP) yielded promising results. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) applied over the primary motor cortex was also found to potentiate the benefits of MIP on upper-limb motor tasks. Yet, combining both techniques has not been tested for tasks requiring fine postural control. To determine the impact of MIP and the additional effects of tDCS, 14 participants performed a postural control task before and after two experimental (MIP + anodal or sham tDCS over the primary motor cortex) and one control (control task + sham tDCS) conditions, in a double blind randomized study. Data revealed a significant decrease of the time required to perform the postural task. Greater performance gains were recorded when MIP was paired with anodal tDCS and when the task involved the most complex postural adjustments. Altogether, findings highlight short-term effects of MIP on postural control and suggest that combining MIP with tDCS might also be effective in rehabilitation programs for regaining postural skills in easily fatigable persons and neurologic populations.
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