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Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Professional Female Soccer Players' Recovery Following Official Matches

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Moreira, Alexandre [1, 2] ; da Silva Machado, Daniel Gomes [3, 4] ; Bikson, Marom [5] ; Unal, Gozde [5] ; Bradley, Paul S. [6] ; Moscaleski, Luciane [7, 2] ; Costa, Taline [8] ; Kalil, Gabriella C. S. G. [1] ; Chao, Liaw W. [9] ; Baptista, Abrahao F. [7, 2, 10] ; Morya, Edgard [11, 2] ; Okano, Alexandre H. [7, 2]
Total Authors: 12
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[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Phys Educ & Sport, Dept Sport, Av Prof Mello Moraes, 65, CidadeUniv, BR-05508030 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Campinas, CEPID FAPESP, Brazilian Inst Neurosci & Neurotechnol BRAINN, Campinas, SP - Brazil
[3] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, Dept Phys Educ, Natal, RN - Brazil
[4] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, Grad Program Collect Hlth, Natal, RN - Brazil
[5] CUNY City Coll, Dept Biomed Engn, New York, NY - USA
[6] Liverpool John Moores Univ, Res Inst Sport & Exercise Sci, Liverpool, Merseyside - England
[7] Univ Fed ABC, Ctr Math Computat & Cognit, Sao Bernardo Do Campo - Brazil
[8] Sport Clube Corinthians Paulista, Sports Med Dept, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[9] HCFMUSP, Inst Ortopedia & Traumatol, Ctr Acupuntura, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[10] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Med, Hosp Clin, Lab Med Invest LIM 54 54, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[11] Santos Dumont Inst, Edmond & Lily Safra Int Inst Neurosci, Macaiba, RN - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 11
Document type: Journal article
Source: PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS; v. 128, n. 4, p. 1504-1529, AUG 2021.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

This study investigated the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with a recovery training session on the well-being and self-perceived recovery of professional female soccer players after official matches. Data from 13 world-class players were analyzed after participating in four official soccer matches of the first division of the Brazilian Women's Soccer Championship (7-, 10-, and 13-day intervals). We applied anodal tDCS (a-tDCS) over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex with 2 mA for 20 minutes (+F3/-F4 montage) the day after each match. Participants underwent two randomly ordered sessions of a-tDCS or sham. Players completed the Well-Being Questionnaire (WBQ) and the Total Quality Recovery (TQR) scale before each experimental condition and again the following morning. A two-way repeated-measures ANOVA showed a significant time x condition interaction on the WBQ (F-(1,F-11)=5.21; p=0.043; eta(2)(p)=0.32), but not on the TQR (F-(1,F-12) = 0.552; p = 0.47; eta(2)(p) = 0.044). There was a large effect size (ES) for a-tDCS for the WBQ score (ES = 1.02; 95%CI = 0.17;1.88), and there was a moderate WBQ score increase (ES = 0.53; 95%CI = -0.29;1.34) for the sham condition. We found similar increases in the TQR score for a-tDCS (ES = 1.50; 95%CI = 0.63-2.37) and the sham condition (ES = 1.36; 95%CI = 0.51-2.22). These results suggest that a-tDCS (+F3/-F4 montage) combined with a recovery training session may slightly improve perceived well-being beyond the level of improvement after only the recovery training session among world-class female soccer players. Prior to widely adopting this recovery approach, further study is needed with larger and more diverse samples, including for female teams of different performance levels. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 14/10134-7 - Non invasive brain stimulation, physical exercise and reward system
Grantee:Alexandre Hideki Okano
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
FAPESP's process: 13/07559-3 - BRAINN - The Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology
Grantee:Fernando Cendes
Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers - RIDC
FAPESP's process: 13/10187-0 - Neuromodulation and Brain Regulation of Physical Exercise
Grantee:Alexandre Hideki Okano
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral