The use of neuromodulation to develop new training methods for sporting skills

• Project/Area Number: 15K12652
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Uekusa Gakuen University
• Principal Investigator: ENDOH Takashi 植草学園大学, 発達教育学部, 准教授 (80510594)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 運動学習 / 経頭蓋直流電流刺激 / 皮質運動野 / 運動制御 / スポーツパフォーマンス / トレーニング / ニューロモデュレーション / 経頭蓋直流電気刺激

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Neuromodulation has been applied as the effective rehabilitation of motor deficits. Here, we investigate the effect of neuromodulation upon development of sporting-skills training. Novice table-tennis players repeatedly practiced their forehand, aiming at a target on the table, after stimulation of the hand-and-arm motor area of the cortex via transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Accuracy improved significantly after tDCS. Therefore, we suggest that neuromodulation facilitates sporting-skills training.

Research Products

• [Presentation] Improvement of sprint cycling performance by trans-spinal direct current stimulation (2016)
  • Author(s): Syusaku Sasada, Takashi Endoh, Tomoya Ishii, Tomoyoshi Komiyama
  • Organizer: Neuroscience 2016
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego Convention Center（CA, USA）
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-12
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 中枢神経系への直流電気刺激によるスプリントパフォーマンスの向上 (2016)
  • Author(s): 笹田周作，遠藤隆志, 石井智也，小宮山伴与志
  • Organizer: 第71回日本体力医学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: いわて県民情報交流センター（岩手県盛岡市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-23
• [Presentation] 脊髄直流電流刺激によるスプリントパフォーマンス向上の試み (2016)
  • Author(s): 笹田周作，遠藤隆志, 石井智也，小宮山伴与志
  • Organizer: 第24回日本運動生理学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 熊本大学（熊本県熊本市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-23
• [Presentation] Bilateral Transcranial Direct Stimulation Modulates the Left-Right Contribution to Bimanual Cooperative Force Production (2015)
  • Author(s): Takashi Endoh, Toshiki Tazoe, Kiichiro Saito, Toru Ogata
  • Organizer: The 12th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology
  • Place of Presentation: Tokyo Bay Makuhari Hall, Chiba, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-27
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] 教育の基礎と展開-豊かな保育・教育のつながりをめざして (2016)
  • Author(s): 高野良子、武内清編著、遠藤隆志 他
  • Total Pages: 200
  • Publisher: 学文社