| ADL | Activities of Daily Living |
| AOU | Amount of Use |
| ARAT | Action Research Arm Test |
| BI | Barthel Index |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| CR | Conventional Rehabilitation |
| ES | Electrical Stimulation |
| FES | Functional Electrical Stimulation |
| FMA | Fugl–Meyer Assessment |
| FMA-UE | Fugl–Meyer Assessment—Upper Extremity |
| FMA-WH | Fugl–Meyer Assessment—Wrist/Hand |
| FMA-UE&LE | Fugl–Meyer Assessment—Upper Extremity and Lower Extremity |
| FMST | Finger Motor Sequence Task |
| GRADE | Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation |
| ICF | International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health |
| MAS | Modified Ashworth Scale |
| MBI | Modified Barthel Index |
| MD | Mean Difference |
| MAL | Motor Activity Log |
| MQ | Methodological Quality |
| NMES | Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation |
| PEDro | Physiotherapy Evidence Database |
| PES | Peripheral Electrical Stimulation |
| PICOS | Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, Study design |
| PNS | Peripheral Nerve Stimulation |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| QOM | Quality of Movement |
| RCT | Randomized Controlled Trial |
| ROB | Risk of Bias |
| RoB 2 | Cochrane Risk-of-Bias Tool for Randomized Trials, Version 2 |
| RPNS | Repetitive Peripheral Nerve Stimulation |
| RPSS | Repetitive Peripheral Nerve Sensory Stimulation |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| SMD | Standardized Mean Difference |
| tDCS | Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation |
| WMFT | Wolf Motor Function Test |