Table 3.
Significancy analysis of NIBS
| Description | (95% CI) | P |
 ,  , and Chi (P) |
No. of comparison | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rTMS | |||||
| All stroke | 2.58 (0.18 to 4.97) | 0.04 | 19.05, 99%, 1367.54 (P < 0.00001) | 13 | |
| Subacute | 0.82 (0.46 to 1.19) | 0.00001 | 0.05, 21%, 7.57 (P = 0.27) | 6 | |
| Chronic | 3.34 (−3.79 to 10.48) | 0.36 | 52.82, 100%, 963.28 (P < 0.00001) | 4 | |
| Type of stroke | |||||
| Ischemic | 2.47 (0.21 to 4.74) | 0.03 | 4.64, 96%, 73.36 (P < 0.00001) | 4 | |
| Placement | |||||
| IL | |||||
| CL | 1.04 (0.35 to 1.73) | 0.003 | 0.00, 0%, 0.05 (P = 0.82) | 2 | |
| IL + CL | 2.87 (0.10 to 5.64) | 0.04 | 21.55, 99%, 1358.79 (P < 0.00001) | 11 | |
| Type of freq | |||||
| HF | 3.17 (0.11 to 6.24) | 0.04 | 23.93, 99%, 1322,84 | 10 | |
| LF | 0.65 (−0.05 to 1.34) | 0.07 | 0.18, 47%, 3.76 (P = 0.15) | 3 | |
| Combined with an intervention | 0.66 (0.06 to 1.27) | 0.03 | 0.34, 60%, 12.56 (P = 0.03) | 6 | |
| Risk of Bias | |||||
| Low risk of bias | 2.07 (0.14 to 5.27) | 0.04 | 20.08, 99%, 1364.61 (P < 0.00001) | 12 | |
 |
1 | ||||
| TBS | |||||
| All stroke | 1.25 (0.01 to 2.49) | 0.05 | 0.57, 54%, 4.34 (P = 0.11) | 3 | |
| Subacute | 1.25 (0.01 to 2.49) | 0.05 | 0.57, 54%, 4.34 (P = 0.11) | 3 | |
 | |||||
| Combined with an intervention | 1.04 (0.35 to 1.73) | 0.003 | 0.00, 0, 0.05 (P = 0.82) | 2 | |
| Risk of Bias | |||||
| Low risk of bias | 1.25 (0.01 to 2.49) | 0.05 | 0.57, 54%, 4.34 (P = 0.11) | 3 | |
 |
0 | ||||
| tDCS | |||||
 |
1 | ||||
(a) Not enough data to study the effects of non-invasive brain stimulation on the sub category
(b) Not enough data to calculate an effect size
CI confidence interval, rTMS repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation, TBS theta burst stimulation, IL ipsilesional, CL contralesional, HF high frequency, LF low frequency