Table 3.
Summarizes the list of exclusion criteria sorted by frequency used to exclude patients in the selected articles.
| Exclusion criteria | Frequency |
|---|---|
| Metallic implants | 50% |
| Epilepsy/History of epilepsy at family | 34.8% |
| Seizure/History of seizure | 34.8% |
| Neurologic disease | 31.8% |
| Cognitive/Consciousness disturbance | 31.8% |
| Psychiatric disease | 28.8% |
| Use of neuropsycoactive drugs | 28.8% |
| Pacemaker | 22.7% |
| Previous stroke | 18.2% |
| Uncontrolled medical condition | 16.7% |
| History of alcohol/drug abuse | 15.1% |
| Skin/Skull abnormalities | 13.7% |
| Cardiovascular disease | 12.1% |
| Depression/Major depression | 12.1% |
| Advance or terminal disease | 10.6% |
| History of brain neurosurgery | 10.6% |
| Multiple cerebral lesions | 9.1% |
| Cochlear implant | 7.6% |
| Pregnancy | 7.6% |
| Tumor | 4.5% |
| Dementia | 4.5% |
| Subarachnoid hemorrhage | 1.5% |
| Cerebral aneurysm | 1.5% |
| Organic neck disease | 1.5% |
| Traumatic Intracerebral hemorrhage | 1.5% |
| Contraindication to tDCS and/or TMS | 24.2% |
Abbreviations: tDCS, transcranial direct current stimulation; TMS, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.