Journal
BIOENGINEERING-BASEL
Volume 10, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10091029
Keywords
neuro-biomechanical enhancement techniques; foot biomechanical characteristics; foot performance; ergogenic mechanism
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This review summarizes the research on the effects of tDCS on foot biomechanics and its clinical applications. The findings suggest that tDCS can improve foot biomechanical characteristics in healthy adults and has potential applications in foot sports medicine. However, further research is needed to confirm its efficacy in rehabilitating common musculoskeletal injuries.
In recent years, neuro-biomechanical enhancement techniques, such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), have been widely used to improve human physical performance, including foot biomechanical characteristics. This review aims to summarize research on the effects of tDCS on foot biomechanics and its clinical applications, and further analyze the underlying ergogenic mechanisms of tDCS. This review was performed for relevant papers until July 2023 in the following databases: Web of Science, PubMed, and EBSCO. The findings demonstrated that tDCS can improve foot biomechanical characteristics in healthy adults, including proprioception, muscle strength, reaction time, and joint range of motion. Additionally, tDCS can be effectively applied in the field of foot sports medicine; in particular, it can be combined with functional training to effectively improve foot biomechanical performance in individuals with chronic ankle instability (CAI). The possible mechanism is that tDCS may excite specific task-related neurons and regulate multiple neurons within the system, ultimately affecting foot biomechanical characteristics. However, the efficacy of tDCS applied to rehabilitate common musculoskeletal injuries (e.g., CAI and plantar fasciitis) still needs to be confirmed using a larger sample size. Future research should use multimodal neuroimaging technology to explore the intrinsic ergogenic mechanism of tDCS.
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