Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Applied over Multiple Days Does Not Enhance Motor Learning of a Complex Overhand Throwing Task in Young Adults
- UNCW Author/Contributor (non-UNCW co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Lidio Lima de Albuquerque (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW )
- Web Site: http://library.uncw.edu/
Abstract: Cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) enhances motor skill and learning in relatively simple motor tasks, but it is unclear if c-tDCS can improve motor performance in complex motor tasks. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of c-tDCS applied over multiple days on motor learning in a complex overhand throwing task. In a double-blind, randomized, between-subjects, SHAM-controlled, experimental design, 30 young adults were assigned to either a c-tDCS or a SHAM group. Participants completed three identical experiments on consecutive days that involved overhand throwing in a pre-test block, five practice blocks with concurrent c-tDCS, and a post-test block. Overhand throwing endpoint accuracy was quantified as the endpoint error. The first dorsal interosseous muscle motor evoked potential (MEP) amplitude elicited by transcranial magnetic stimulation was used to quantify primary motor cortex (M1) excitability modulations via c-tDCS. Endpoint error significantly decreased over the 3 days of practice, but the magnitude of decrease was not significantly different between the c-tDCS and SHAM group. Similarly, MEP amplitude slightly increased from the pre-tests to the post-tests, but these increases did not differ between groups. These results indicate that multi-day c-tDCS does not improve motor learning in an overhand throwing task or increase M1 excitability.
Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Applied over Multiple Days Does Not Enhance Motor Learning of a Complex Overhand Throwing Task in Young Adults
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- Publication
- Pantovic, M.; Lidstone, D.E.; de Albuquerque, Lidio Lima; Wilkins, E.W.; Munoz, I.A.; Aynlender, D.G.; Morris, D.; Dufek, J.S.; & Poston, B. (2023, November). Cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation applied over multiple days does not enhance motor learning of a complex overhand throwing task in young adults. Bioengineering – Basel, Article Number 1265. DOI10.3390/bioengineering10111265
- Language: English
- Date: 2023
- Keywords
- Motor ability, Motor learning, Magnetic brain stimulation