Table 1.

PubMed search strategy

Step	Retrievable
#1	“virtual reality”[MeSH Terms] OR (“virtual”[All Fields] AND “reality”[All Fields]) OR “virtual reality”[All Fields] OR (“virtual reality”[MeSH Terms] OR (“virtual”[All Fields] AND “reality”[All Fields]) OR “virtual reality”[All Fields] OR (“reality”[All Fields] AND “virtual”[All Fields]) OR “reality virtual”[All Fields]) OR (“virtual reality”[MeSH Terms] OR (“virtual”[All Fields] AND “reality”[All Fields]) OR “virtual reality”[All Fields] OR (“virtual”[All Fields] AND “reality”[All Fields] AND “educational”[All Fields]) OR “virtual reality educational”[All Fields]) OR (“virtual reality”[MeSH Terms] OR (“virtual”[All Fields] AND “reality”[All Fields]) OR “virtual reality”[All Fields] OR (“educational”[All Fields] AND “virtual”[All Fields] AND “realities”[All Fields]) OR “educational virtual realities”[All Fields]) OR (“virtual reality”[MeSH Terms] OR (“virtual”[All Fields] AND “reality”[All Fields]) OR “virtual reality”[All Fields] OR (“educational”[All Fields] AND “virtual”[All Fields] AND “reality”[All Fields]) OR “educational virtual reality”[All Fields]) OR (“virtual reality”[MeSH Terms] OR (“virtual”[All Fields] AND “reality”[All Fields]) OR “virtual reality”[All Fields] OR (“reality”[All Fields] AND “educational”[All Fields] AND “virtual”[All Fields])) OR (“virtual reality”[MeSH Terms] OR (“virtual”[All Fields] AND “reality”[All Fields]) OR “virtual reality”[All Fields] OR (“virtual”[All Fields] AND “realities”[All Fields] AND “educational”[All Fields])) OR (“virtual reality”[MeSH Terms] OR (“virtual”[All Fields] AND “reality”[All Fields]) OR “virtual reality”[All Fields] OR (“virtual”[All Fields] AND “reality”[All Fields] AND “instructional”[All Fields]) OR “virtual reality instructional”[All Fields]) OR (“virtual reality”[MeSH Terms] OR (“virtual”[All Fields] AND “reality”[All Fields]) OR “virtual reality”[All Fields] OR (“instructional”[All Fields] AND “virtual”[All Fields] AND “realities”[All Fields])) OR (“virtual reality”[MeSH Terms] OR (“virtual”[All Fields] AND “reality”[All Fields]) OR “virtual reality”[All Fields] OR (“instructional”[All Fields] AND “virtual”[All Fields] AND “reality”[All Fields])) OR (“virtual reality”[MeSH Terms] OR (“virtual”[All Fields] AND “reality”[All Fields]) OR “virtual reality”[All Fields] OR (“realities”[All Fields] AND “instructional”[All Fields] AND “virtual”[All Fields])) OR (“virtual reality”[MeSH Terms] OR (“virtual”[All Fields] AND “reality”[All Fields]) OR “virtual reality”[All Fields] OR (“reality”[All Fields] AND “instructional”[All Fields] AND “virtual”[All Fields])) OR (“virtual reality”[MeSH Terms] OR (“virtual”[All Fields] AND “reality”[All Fields]) OR “virtual reality”[All Fields] OR (“virtual”[All Fields] AND “realities”[All Fields] AND “instructional”[All Fields]))
#2	“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR “strokes”[All Fields] OR “stroke s”[All Fields] OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR “strokes”[All Fields] OR “stroke s”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“cerebrovascular”[All Fields] AND “accident”[All Fields]) OR “cerebrovascular accident”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“cerebrovascular”[All Fields] AND “accidents”[All Fields]) OR “cerebrovascular accidents”[All Fields]) OR ((“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR “cva”[All Fields]) AND (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“cerebrovascular”[All Fields] AND “accident”[All Fields]) OR “cerebrovascular accident”[All Fields])) OR (“CVAs”[All Fields] AND (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“cerebrovascular”[All Fields] AND “accident”[All Fields]) OR “cerebrovascular accident”[All Fields])) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“cerebrovascular”[All Fields] AND “apoplexy”[All Fields]) OR “cerebrovascular apoplexy”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“apoplexy”[All Fields] AND “cerebrovascular”[All Fields]) OR “apoplexy cerebrovascular”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“vascular”[All Fields] AND “accident”[All Fields] AND “brain”[All Fields]) OR “vascular accident brain”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“brain”[All Fields] AND “vascular”[All Fields] AND “accident”[All Fields]) OR “brain vascular accident”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“brain”[All Fields] AND “vascular”[All Fields] AND “accidents”[All Fields]) OR “brain vascular accidents”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“vascular”[All Fields] AND “accidents”[All Fields] AND “brain”[All Fields])) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“cerebrovascular”[All Fields] AND “stroke”[All Fields]) OR “cerebrovascular stroke”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“cerebrovascular”[All Fields] AND “strokes”[All Fields]) OR “cerebrovascular strokes”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“stroke”[All Fields] AND “cerebrovascular”[All Fields]) OR “stroke cerebrovascular”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“strokes”[All Fields] AND “cerebrovascular”[All Fields]) OR “strokes cerebrovascular”[All Fields]) OR (“apoplexies”[All Fields] OR “stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR “apoplexy”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“cerebral”[All Fields] AND “stroke”[All Fields]) OR “cerebral stroke”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“cerebral”[All Fields] AND “strokes”[All Fields]) OR “cerebral strokes”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“stroke”[All Fields] AND “cerebral”[All Fields]) OR “stroke cerebral”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“strokes”[All Fields] AND “cerebral”[All Fields]) OR “strokes cerebral”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“stroke”[All Fields] AND “acute”[All Fields]) OR “stroke acute”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“acute”[All Fields] AND “stroke”[All Fields]) OR “acute stroke”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“acute”[All Fields] AND “strokes”[All Fields]) OR “acute strokes”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“strokes”[All Fields] AND “acute”[All Fields]) OR “strokes acute”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“cerebrovascular”[All Fields] AND “accident”[All Fields] AND “acute”[All Fields]) OR “cerebrovascular accident acute”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“acute”[All Fields] AND “cerebrovascular”[All Fields] AND “accident”[All Fields]) OR “acute cerebrovascular accident”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“acute”[All Fields] AND “cerebrovascular”[All Fields] AND “accidents”[All Fields]) OR “acute cerebrovascular accidents”[All Fields]) OR (“stroke”[MeSH Terms] OR “stroke”[All Fields] OR (“cerebrovascular”[All Fields] AND “accidents”[All Fields] AND “acute”[All Fields]) OR “cerebrovascular accidents acute”[All Fields])
#3	“NIBS”[All Fields] OR (“non-invasive”[All Fields] AND (“brain stimul”[Journal] OR (“brain”[All Fields] AND “stimulation”[All Fields]) OR “brain stimulation”[All Fields])) OR (“transcranial direct current stimulation”[MeSH Terms] OR (“transcranial”[All Fields] AND “direct”[All Fields] AND “current”[All Fields] AND “stimulation”[All Fields]) OR “transcranial direct current stimulation”[All Fields] OR “tdcs”[All Fields]) OR (“transcranial magnetic stimulation”[MeSH Terms] OR (“transcranial”[All Fields] AND “magnetic”[All Fields] AND “stimulation”[All Fields]) OR “transcranial magnetic stimulation”[All Fields] OR “rtms”[All Fields]) OR “iTBS”[All Fields]
#4	#1 AND #2 AND #3