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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Motor Control
  • Rehabilitation

Background:

  • Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) shows variable effects on motor performance.
  • Visual feedback may modulate tDCS effects during visuomotor tasks.
  • The interaction between tDCS and visual feedback for lower limb motor control is unexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if tDCS over the lower limb motor cortex differentially enhances motor performance based on visual feedback availability.
  • To explore the role of visual feedback in tDCS-mediated motor improvements.

Main Methods:

  • Twenty-two adults performed ankle movements tracking a target.
  • Spatiotemporal, spatial, and temporal errors were measured.
  • Participants completed sessions with and without tDCS, under full, no, or blindfold visual feedback conditions.

Main Results:

  • Motor error increased as visual feedback decreased.
  • A significant interaction between tDCS and visual feedback was observed for spatiotemporal error.
  • tDCS significantly improved spatiotemporal error specifically when visual feedback was absent.

Conclusions:

  • tDCS enhances lower limb motor performance, but only in the absence of visual feedback.
  • Visual feedback plays a critical role in revealing the efficacy of tDCS for motor tasks.