期刊
BRAIN STIMULATION
卷 9, 期 2, 页码 182-190出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2015.10.001
关键词
Direct current stimulation; Walking; Stroke rehabilitation; Motor cortex; Lower extremities
资金
- VENI grant from Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research [91610143]
Background: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can augment force generation and control in single leg joints in healthy subjects and stroke survivors. However, it is unknown whether these effects also result in improved force production and coordination during walking and whether electrode configuration influences these effects. Objective: We investigated the effect of tDCS using different electrode configurations on coordinated force production during walking in a group of healthy subjects and chronic stroke survivors. Methods: Ten healthy subjects and ten chronic stroke survivors participated in a randomized double blinded crossover study. Subjects walked on an instrumented treadmill before and after 10 minutes of uni-hemispheric (UNI), dual-hemispheric (DUAL) or sham tDCS applied to the primary motor cortex. Results: tDCS responses showed large inter-individual variability in both subject populations. In healthy subjects tDCS enhanced the coordinated output during walking as reflected in an increased positive work generation during propulsion. The effects of DUAL tDCS were clearer but still small (4.4% increase) compared to UNI tDCS (2.8% increase). In the chronic stroke survivors no significant effects of tDCS in the targeted paretic leg were observed. Conclusions: tDCS has potential to augment multi joint coordinated force production during walking. The relative small contribution of the motor cortex in controlling walking might explain why the observed effects are rather small. Furthermore, a better understanding of the inter-individual variability is needed to optimize the effects of tDCS in healthy but especially stroke survivors. The latter is a prerequisite for clinical applicability. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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