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Table 7 Eligibility criteria

From: Safety and effectiveness of non-invasive brain stimulation on mobility and balance function in children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

P-population

Patients with CP (aged 18 years old or younger)

Animal or non-human experiments

Be diagnosed with CP when younger than 18 years old but became older than 18 when receiving rehabilitation interventions

The children were diagnosed with genetic or chromosomal disorders or congenital nerological illness

I-intervention

NIBS, including transcranial direct current stimulation(tDCS) or repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

N/A

C-comparison

Other types of intervention, between-group comparison, within group comparison, pre-post comparison, no treatment, and/or sham-stimulation

N/A

O-outcomes

Outcomes were evaluated using mobility-related measures (e.g., gait analysis, the 6-min Walk Test [6MWT], the 10 m Walk Test [10MWT], Timed Up and Go Test [TUGT], Gross Motor Function Measure [GMFM], and Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory [PEDI]) and balance-related measures (e.g. center of pressure [COP], and the Pediatric Balance Scale [PBS])

N/A

S-study type

Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)

Any articles that do not have full-text available. Non-English studies