Completion rate and safety of non-invasive brain stimulation for upper limb dysfunction after stroke: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Juan Sun, ZiLe Wang, Yiming Huang, Yilin Du, Sijia Zhang, Hui Shen, Huimin Zhang, Shuxian Feng · 2026
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Juan Sun and a team of co-authors pool trials on the safety of non-invasive brain stimulation for arm recovery after stroke, in two thousand twenty-six. Magnetic and weak-current stimulation are widely used to aid arm movement, but how often patients finish treatment, and how safe each type is, had not been compared across the board.
Fifty-five trials with more than twenty-six hundred patients were included. About ninety-five percent of patients finished their assigned stimulation. No type differed clearly from sham treatment on finishing rates. Side effects were usually mild, such as headache or skin tingling, and rarely caused dropouts. The authors rank some types highest, but warn the ranks are only hints.
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| CREATOR | Juan Sun, ZiLe Wang, Yiming Huang, Yilin Du, Sijia Zhang, Hui Shen, Huimin Zhang, Shuxian Feng |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |