Effect of Unilateral Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Reaction Time in Veterans and Athletes with Disabilities

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Copyright© 2019, ASP Ins. This open-access article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License which permits Share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format) and Adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material) under the Attribution-NonCommercial terms. [1] Effect of a period of selected SMR/Theta neurofeedback training on visual ... [2] Effects of the amount and intensity of exercise on ... [3] Comparison of self-regulation components between the disabled ... [4] Developing the World Health ... [5] An exploration of the viability and usefulness of the construct ... [6] Comparing the mental health of the athletic and non ... [7] Effectiveness of physical activity on quality of life and pain selfefficacy ... [8] The serial reaction time task: Implicit motor ... [9] The effect of cognitive and motivational imagery on choice ... [10] Motor learning and performance: From principles ... [11] On the reduction of reaction time with mental ... [12] Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) produces localized and specific alterations in ... [13] A systematic review on reporting and assessment of adverse effects associated with transcranial direct ... [14] An introduction to neurotechnologies, transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current ... [15] tDCS-induced effects on executive functioning and their ... [16] Investigating the role of current strength in tDCS modulation of ... [17] The effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on working memory ... [18] The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on mental ... [19] Bilateral tDCS on primary motor cortex: Effects ... [20] Assiament facilitate and significant interference of Stroop ... [21] Anodal direct current stimulation in the healthy aged: Effects ... [22] Comparison between auditory and visual simple ... [23] Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation over the primary motor cortex ... [24] Introducing graph theory to track for neuroplastic alterations in the resting human brain: A transcranial ... [25] . tDCS possibly stimulates glial ... [26] The role of the dorsal medial frontal cortex in central processing limitation: A transcranial ... [27] Quality of life in chemical weapon victims 15 years after exposure ... [28] Access to green space, physical activity and mental health ... Aims Recently, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) has been considered by researchers to improve various processes. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of tDCS on reaction time in veterans and athletes with disabilities. Materials & Methods This semi-experimental study with pre-test post-test design was conducted in 2018 among all veterans and athletes with disabilities, who were members of Veterans and disabled board of Shiraz. 24 veterans and disabled persons of Shiraz athletes were selected by available sampling and allocated to experimental and artificial stimulation (sham) groups. Acquisition stage was held during 3 sessions. In the experimental group, an anode electrode was placed on the C4 and the cathode electrode was placed in the FP1. The stimulation rate was 1.5 milliamps in 20 minutes. In the sham groups, the anode and cathode electrode were placed on the C4 and FP1 points, but the stimulation was discontinued after 30 seconds. After the last session, a post-test was performed. Data analysis was performed by SPSS 22, using independent t-test and Multivariable analysis of covariance. Findings In the post-test, there was a significant difference between the experimental group and the sham at the simple reaction time and choice reaction time and the performance of the experimental group was better than the sham group (p=0.0001). Conclusion tDCS can improve the simple and choice reaction time in veterans and athletes with disabilities. A B S T R A C T A R T I C L E I N F O