Effects of a single tDCS with mirror therapy stimulation on hand function in healthy individuals
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00064173%3A_____%2F25%3A43928619" target="_blank" >RIV/00064173:_____/25:43928619 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00023752:_____/25:43921566 RIV/00216208:11120/25:43928619
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1607022" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1607022</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1607022" target="_blank" >10.3389/fnhum.2025.1607022</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Effects of a single tDCS with mirror therapy stimulation on hand function in healthy individuals
Original language description
INTRODUCTION: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive neuromodulatory technique that has garnered significant interest for its ability to modulate cortical excitability and brain function. The technique involves the application of a weak electrical current through electrodes placed on the scalp, which influences neuronal membrane potential and alters synaptic plasticity. METHODS: The following research hypotheses were defined: (1) a single tDCS stimulation of the motor cortex on the left side in combination with mirror therapy (MT) improves the function of the right hand which is dominant; and (2) a single stimulation in combination with MT for the dominant hand (right hand) also improves the function of the non-dominant hand (left hand). A total of 106 subjects aged 51.5 +- 12.02 participated in the study, including 63 women and 43 men. We used tests for assessment before and after tDCS stimulation: Tapping Tablet, Reaction Test on a tablet, Nine Hole Peg Test (NHPT), exercises for dominant hands, tDCS stimulation with MT. RESULTS: The obtained results of this conducted study, although preliminary, seem to indicate that in each of the analyzed age groups in men and women, a single tDCS stimulation in combination with MT directly improved the function of the dominant hand and indirectly improved the function of the non-dominant hand. DISCUSSION: The use of tDCS stimulation appears promising to improve hand function.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30306 - Sport and fitness sciences
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EH22_008%2F0004643" target="_blank" >EH22_008/0004643: Brain dynamics</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
ISSN
1662-5161
e-ISSN
1662-5161
Volume of the periodical
19
Issue of the periodical within the volume
June
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
1607022
UT code for WoS article
001521136800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105009617677