ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2019
Short-Term Effects of Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Endurance and Maximal Force Production. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effects of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation on psychological factors in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
- The effects of normobaric hypoxic resistance training on muscle strength in healthy adults.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Does a single session of transcranial direct current stimulation enhance both physical and psychological performance in national- or international-level athletes? A systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Pooled it
- The influence of a single transcranial direct current stimulation session on physical fitness in healthy subjects: a systematic review.Experimental brain research · 2023Pooled it
- Acute effects of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation on maximal voluntary force, repeated maximal isometric contractions and corticospinal excitability in healthy young adults.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Trial
- Acute and chronic effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on swimming performance and cognitive function of elite swimmers.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Anodal tDCS improves neuromuscular adaptations to short-term resistance training of the knee extensors in healthy individuals.Journal of neurophysiology · 2024Trial
- Effect of repeated sessions of transcranial direct current stimulation on subjective and objective measures of recovery and performance in soccer players following a soccer match simulation.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Effects of repeated unihemispheric concurrent dual-site tDCS and virtual reality games on motor coordination of sedentary adolescent girls.Behavioral and brain functions : BBF · 2024Trial
- Concomitant dual-site tDCS and dark chocolate improve cognitive and endurance performance following cognitive effort under hypoxia: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Effect of tDCS targeting the M1 or left DLPFC on physical performance, psychophysiological responses, and cognitive function in repeated all-out cycling: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2023Trial
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- Reduced isometric knee extensor force following anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of the ipsilateral motor cortex.PloS one · 2023Trial
- Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation enhances strength training volume but not the force-velocity profile.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Trial
- Increased leg muscle fatigability during 2 mA and 4 mA transcranial direct current stimulation over the left motor cortex.Experimental brain research · 2020Trial
- Anodal Motor-Cortex Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Explosive Lower-Limb Power in Healthy Active Adults: A Sham-Controlled Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The Influence of Dual Source Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Muscle Fatigue.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- The Effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Improving Performance in Soccer Players-A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Noninvasive brain stimulation and athletic performance: a critical narrative review.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Review
- The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Basketball Performance-A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
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Abstract
The purpose of the present systematic review and meta-analysis was to explore the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on endurance (i.e., time to task failure (TTF)) and maximal voluntary contraction (MVC). Furthermore, we aimed to analyze whether the duration of stimulation, the brain region targeted for stimulation, and the task performed could also influence motor performance. We performed a systematic literature review in the databases MEDLINE and Web of Science. The short-term effects of anodal tDCS and sham stimulation (placebo) were considered as experimental and control conditions, respectively. A total of 31 interventions were included (MVC = 13; TTF = 18). Analysis of the strength-related tDCS studies showed small improvements in the MVC (SMD = 0.19; 95% CI = -0.02, 0.41;
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