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. 2018 Oct 30;2018(10):CD000323. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000323.pub3

Kim 2012i.

Methods Method of randomisation unclear
Blinding unclear
(High frequency data set vs control)
Participants 1 centre in Korea
30 participants with acute brain injury; baseline characteristics similar
Clinical and videofluoroscopic evidence of dysphagia
Interventions Rx 1: high‐frequency (5 Hz) rTMS (n = 10)
 Rx 2: low‐frequency (1 Hz) rTMS (n = 10)
(Using high frequency data set)
 C: sham stimulation. (n = 10); control = 5
 Treatment for 2 weeks
Outcomes Functional Dysphagia Scale and Penetration Aspiration Scale
Notes Exclusions: prior diagnosis of another neurological disease, unstable medical condition, severe cognitive impairment, severe aphasia, history of seizure
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Method of randomisation unclear
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Unclear
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Unclear
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Unclear
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Unclear
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk None lost to follow‐up
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All outcomes reported
Other bias Low risk None identified