Letter to the editor regarding “Single-session anodal transcranial direct current stimulation to enhance sport-specific performance in athletes: A systematic review and meta-analysis”
Year: 2023
Type: letter
Abstract: Because of its potential to modulate exercise-related physiological and psychophysiological responses and, ultimately, exercise performance, the use of neuromodulatory techniques, particularly Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), in the exercise and sports field has grown in popularity. In this regard, we read with great interest the paper by Maudrich et al. [1] concerning the effects of anodal tDCS (a-tDCS) on sport-specific performance in athletes. In their meta-analysis including 19 articles with 20 experiments, they reported a significant overall moderate effect size favoring a-tDCS with a subgroup analysis showing a significant effect of a-tDCS only targeting the primary motor cortex (M1), but not the prefrontal cortex (PFC), temporal cortex (TC) or cerebellum (CB) [1].
Source: Brain stimulation
Institutions: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Razi University
Language: English
Subfield: Neurology
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,830
OpenAlex ID: W4388103402