Table 1.
Search strategy for the PubMed database.
| Number | Search items |
| 1 | Brain Computer Interface |
| 2 | Brain Computer Interfaces |
| 3 | Interface, Brain-Computer |
| 4 | Interfaces, Brain-Computer |
| 5 | Brain-Computer Interface |
| 6 | Brain Machine Interface |
| 7 | Brain-Machine Interfaces |
| 8 | Brain Machine Interfaces |
| 9 | Brain-Machine Interface |
| 10 | Interface, OR Brain-Machine |
| 11 | Interfaces, Brain-Machine |
| 12 | 1 or 10–11 |
| 13 | Stroke |
| 14 | Strokes |
| 15 | Cerebrovascular Accident |
| 16 | Cerebrovascular Accidents |
| 17 | CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident) |
| 18 | CVAs (Cerebrovascular Accident) |
| 19 | Cerebrovascular Apoplexy |
| 20 | Apoplexy, Cerebrovascular |
| 21 | Vascular Accident, Brain |
| 22 | Brain Vascular Accident |
| 23 | Brain Vascular Accidents |
| 24 | Vascular Accidents, Brain |
| 25 | Cerebrovascular Stroke |
| 26 | Cerebrovascular Strokes |
| 27 | Stroke, Cerebrovascular |
| 28 | Strokes, Cerebrovascular |
| 29 | Apoplexy |
| 30 | Cerebral Stroke |
| 31 | Cerebral Strokes |
| 31 | Stroke, Cerebral |
| 33 | Strokes, Cerebral |
| 34 | Stroke, Acute |
| 35 | Acute Stroke |
| 36 | Acute Strokes |
| 37 | Strokes, Acute |
| 38 | Cerebrovascular Accident, Acute |
| 39 | Acute Cerebrovascular Accident |
| 40 | Acute Cerebrovascular Accidents |
| 41 | Cerebrovascular Accidents, Acute |
| 42 | 13 or 14–41 |
| 43 | Randomized controlled trial |
| 44 | Randomized |
| 45 | Clinical trial |
| 46 | Randomly |
| 47 | Controlled clinical trials |
| 48 | Controlled before-after studies |
| 49 | 43 or 44–48 |
| 50 | 12 and 42 and 49 |