The effect of direct brain electrical stimulation (tDCS) on maintaining and improving concentration in air pistol shooter

It is often assumed that physical abilities are the most important factor in the success of shooting sports, while the reality is not . One of the most important factors in achieving success in shooting is the ability of focus on doing physical movement as best as possible. Concentration plays significant role in shooting sport. Some consider the ability to concentrate to be a natural and inherent talent of athletes, while these abilities are not innate and are skills that athletes can acquire through practice and learning. The use of direct brain electrical stimulation is one of the ways of concentration enhancement. This study focused on effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on maintaining and improving concentration of ۱۶ to ۲۶ years old pistol shooters in Isfahan. This study included ۳۰ subjects (both male and female) whom divided into two ۱۵ experimental and control group. At the beginning of the study, subjects of both groups were subjected to a pretest including a stroop test. Then the experimental group went under the influence of tDCS from the T۳ and CZ regions for ۲۰ minutes with voltage of ۱ mA per day and it continued for ۱۰ sessions. All subjects were subjected to post-test, which was similar to the pre-test after the end of study and ۷ days later. All Data was analyzed by SPSS. The results showed that Transcranial direct current stimulation had a significant effect on concentration of pistol shooters. The outcomes of both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (P <۰.۰۵) indicated that tDCS had a significant effect on pistol shooter s concentration and the issues improved by using tDCS.

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Concentration ، shooting ، Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)