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ReviewBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2024

The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Lower-Limb Endurance Performance: A Systematic Review.

Zhen Xu, Bin Shen, Songlin Xiao, Chuyi Zhang, Jianglong Zhan, Jingjing Li, Weijie Fu, Jing Jin

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Review in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Zhen XuSchool of Exercise and Health, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.ORCID 0009-0001-1622-4987
Bin ShenSchool of Exercise and Health, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7401-948X
Songlin XiaoSchool of Exercise and Health, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.
Chuyi ZhangSchool of Exercise and Health, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.
Jianglong ZhanSchool of Exercise and Health, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.
Jingjing LiSchool of Exercise and Health, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.
Weijie FuSchool of Exercise and Health, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7552-0452
Jing JinSchool of Psychology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 12272238the Open Project of Key Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education 2022KF0006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study systematically reviews the literature on transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) interventions for lower-limb endurance performance in healthy adults and provides a summary of the effects and underlying mechanisms of tDCS on lower-limb endurance performance. Systematic searches were performed in PubMed, Web of Science, EBSCO, and ScienceDirect. The risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias assessment tool. The electronic search totaled 341 studies. Twenty-one studies were included in the review after screening. The results show that tDCS effectively improved time to task failure (TTF), increased blood lactate accumulation, and reduced the rating of perceived exertion during cycling. However, the tDCS failed to significantly improve the TTF, relieve muscle pain, and reduce fatigue indices during single-joint fatigue tasks in the knee. Moreover, tDCS intervention caused the effective improvement of the overall lower-limb endurance performance but exerted no uniformly conclusive effect on knee endurance performance. This finding can be partly attributed to varying stimulation protocols across studies. Future studies may focus on the effects of the application of stimulation protocols, such as multitarget stimulation and personalized dosage, to develop targeted stimulation protocols.

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endurance performanceknee jointlower limbstranscranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

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PMID39593748
PMCPMC11591268

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