ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Hum. Neurosci.
Sec. Motor Neuroscience
Volume 19 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2025.1546631
This article is part of the Research TopicProprioception in Sports and HealthView all 3 articles
Influence of High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to the Parietal Cortex on Postural Control: A Single-Blind Randomized Crossover Study
Provisionally accepted
- School of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
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The parietal lobe is an important cerebral cortex area for sensory information processing to maintain postural control. High-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) can improve the excitability of the target brain region. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether HD-tDCS applied to either unilateral or bilateral parietal lobes would improve postural control. Method: A single-blind randomized crossover experimental design was used. 18 healthy right-handed adults were recruited for unilateral and bilateral HD-tDCS, as well as sham stimulation. All participants completed the sensory organization test (SOT) and motor control test (MCT) under eyes open and eyes closed conditions before and immediately after each intervention. The equilibrium score (ES), composite score (CS), and sensory score (VIS, SOM, VEST, PREF) from SOT, along with latency and response strength from the MCT, were calculated. Two-way repeated measures analyses of variance (ANOVAs) were used for the dependent variables. Bonferroni's post hoc tests were used in case of significant ANOVA results. Results : The composite latency increased significantly after right (P=0.025) and bilateral (P=0.004) stimulation under eyes open condition. When the balance plate moved large forward, the latency increased significantly after left (P=0.003) and bilateral (P=0.04) stimulation under eyes closed condition. For response strength, when the balance plate moved forward at different magnitude under eyes closed condition, they all decreased significantly after bilateral stimulation(P<0.05). Conclusion : The parietal lobe participates is participated in the modulation of automatic postural response. The primary function of the right parietal lobe in postural response is to process visual information, while the left is responsible for processing somatosensory information.
Keywords: Postural control, transcranial direct current stimulation, Parietal Lobe, sensory information processing, Postural response
Received: 17 Dec 2024; Accepted: 09 May 2025.
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* Correspondence: Jinghua Qian, School of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, 100084, Beijing Municipality, China
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