Table 2.

Interventions reported in the meta-analysis.

Reference	Participants, phase poststroke	NIBS				Type of control group
		NIBS paradigm	Timing of stimulation	Intensity or frequency of current	Number of sessions (daily)
Jil et al. (15)	Chronic	HF-rTMS on affected hemisphere	NR	10 Hz	30	MT
Cho and Cha (16)	Chronic	atDCS on affected hemisphere	Before MT	2 mA	18	tDCS
Liu et al. (18)	Chronic	LF-rTMS on unaffected hemisphere	Before MT	1 Hz	24	MT
Yang et al. (11)-A	Chronic	HF-rTMS on affected hemisphere	After MT	10 Hz	20	MT
Yang et al. (11)-B	Chronic	HF-rTMS on affected hemisphere	Before MT	10 Hz	20	MT
Kim and Yim (17)	Subacute	HF-rTMS on affected hemisphere	NR	20 Hz	10	rTMS
Li et al. (20)	Subacute	LF-rTMS on unaffected hemisphere	Before MT	1 Hz	24	rTMS
Jin et al. (19)-A	Chronic	Bilateral tDCS	Before MT	2 mA	10	MT
Jin et al. (19)-B	Chronic	Bilateral tDCS	During MT	2 mA	10	MT
Chen et al. (21)-A	Subacute	atDCS on affected hemisphere	Before MT	2 mA	15	tDCS
Chen et al. (21)-B	Subacute	atDCS on affected hemisphere	Before MT	2 mA	15	MT
Wang (23)-A	Subacute	atDCS on affected hemisphere	During MT	2 mA	20	tDCS
Wang (23)-B	Subacute	atDCS on affected hemisphere	During MT	2 mA	20	MT
Liao et al. (22)-A	Chronic	atDCS on affected hemisphere	Before MT	1–2 mA	20	MT
Liao et al. (22)-B	Chronic	atDCS on affected hemisphere	During MT	1–2 mA	20	MT
Li (24)	Subacute	LF-rTMS on unaffected hemisphere; HF-rTMS on affected hemisphere	NR	1 Hz; 10 Hz	18	MT
Yu and Chen (12)	Subacute	atDCS on affected hemisphere	NR	2 mA	30	tDCS

atDCS, anodal tDCS; Chronic: ≥3months; HF, high frequency; LF, low frequency; MT, mirror therapy; NIBS, non-invasive brain stimulation; NR, not reported; rTMS, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; subacute: 2 weeks- 3 months; tDCS, transcranial direct current stimulation.