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No studies found 9 · 27.3%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 3 · 9.1%Low 8 · 24.2%Moderate 12 · 36.4%High 1 · 3%

tDCS vs placebo or control

Secondary outcome measure: hemispatial neglect at the end of · people with stroke

1 finding from 1 review

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving activities of daily living, and physical and cognitive… 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 30 participants
Very low

tDCS vs placebo or control

Dropouts, adverse events and deaths during intervention phase Numbers of dropouts, adverse events and deaths from all causes · people with stroke

tDCS showed no clear difference in secondary outcome measure: dropouts, adverse events and deaths… compared with any type of placebo or passive control intervention (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving activities of daily living, and physical and cognitive… 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.25 [0.74, 2.13]
47 studies · 1330 participants
Moderate

tDCS plus speech and language therapy (SLT) vs sham tDCS plus SLT

Functional communication · patients with improving aphasia in patients with aphasia after stroke

2 findings from 1 review

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving aphasia in adults with aphasia after stroke 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 112 participants
Low
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving aphasia in adults with aphasia after stroke 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 80 participants
Very low

tDCS plus speech and language therapy (SLT) vs sham tDCS plus SLT

Language impairment: accuracy of naming nouns at · patients with improving aphasia in patients with aphasia after stroke

2 findings from 1 review

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving aphasia in adults with aphasia after stroke 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
11 studies · 298 participants
Moderate
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving aphasia in adults with aphasia after stroke 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 80 participants
Low

tDCS plus speech and language therapy (SLT) vs sham tDCS plus SLT

Language impairment: accuracy of naming verbs post intervention Accuracy in verb naming. Scale from: −infinity to +infinity · patients with improving aphasia in patients with aphasia after stroke

1 finding from 1 review

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving aphasia in adults with aphasia after stroke 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 21 participants
Very low

tDCS vs sham tDCS

Number of fallers · stroke survivors

Other interventions: tDCS may leads to lower number of fallers compared with sham tDCS (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for preventing falls in people after stroke 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.3 [0.14, 0.63]
1 study · 60 participants
Low