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Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation over the Primary Motor Cortex in Improving Postural Stability in Healthy Young Adults.

Jinqian Hou, Michael A Nitsche, Longyan Yi, Zhaowei Kong, Fengxue Qi

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Article in Biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Jinqian HouKey Laboratory of Sport Training of General Administration of Sport of China, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China.
Michael A NitscheDepartment of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, 44139 Dortmund, Germany.
Longyan YiChina Institute of Sport and Health Science, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China.
Zhaowei KongFaculty of Education, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau 999078, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9999-1312
Fengxue QiKey Laboratory of Sport Training of General Administration of Sport of China, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3684-1680
General Administration of Sport of China · CNBeijing Sport University · CNTU Dortmund University · DEUniversity of Macau · MO

Funding

Advanced Foreign Experts Project of Ministry of Science and Technology No. G20200001529by the Advanced Foreign Experts Project of Ministry of Science and Technology (No. G20200001529), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities No. 2022 QN011the Research Foundation for Advanced Talents of Beijing Sport University N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the primary motor cortex (M1) is of increasing interest to improve motor performance in healthy adults and patients with respective deficits. This study aimed to examine whether tDCS over M1 can improve static and dynamic postural stability in young healthy adults. Seventeen healthy participants (mean age = 25.14 ± 2.50 (standard deviation, SD) years) received sham and anodal tDCS (2 mA) over the vertex at the Cz electrode position for 15 min. Static and dynamic postural stability were evaluated before and immediately after tDCS. The center of pressure (COP) sway area (COPSA) and COP maximum displacements to medio-lateral (COPML) and antero-posterior directions (COPAP) were used to evaluate static postural stability. The anterior−posterior stability index (APSI), medial−lateral stability index (MLSI), vertical stability index (VSI), dynamic postural stability index (DPSI), and time to stabilization (TTS) in forward (FL), 45° anterior lateral (LL), and 45° anterior medial (ML) direction landing, as well as the Y-balance composite score (YBTCS) were used to assess dynamic postural stability. The results showed that the LL-TTS (p = 0.044), non-dominant leg COPSA (p = 0.015), and YBTCS (p < 0.0001) were significantly improved in the real stimulation as compared with the sham stimulation session, and anodal tDCS significantly changed dominant leg COPAP (p = 0.021), FL-APSI (p < 0.0001), FL-TTS (p = 0.008), ML-TTS (p = 0.002), non-dominant leg YBTCS (p < 0.0001), and dominant leg YBTCS (p = 0.014). There were no significant differences in all obtained balance values in the sham stimulation session, except for non-dominant leg YBTCS (p = 0.049). We conclude that anodal tDCS over M1 has an immediate improving effect on static postural stability and dynamic performance in young healthy adults. This makes tDCS a promising adjuvant rehabilitation treatment to enhance postural stability deficits in the future.

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dynamic postural stabilityjump-landing tasknon-invasive brain stimulationpostural balance controlsingle-leg standstatic postural stability

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PMID36138847
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