“…Of the 19 studies included in the analysis, eight SRs investigated the effectiveness of rTMS on post-stroke dysphagia rehabilitation ( Liao et al, 2017 ; Papadopoulou et al, 2018 ; Yang et al, 2021 ; Li H. et al, 2022 ; Qiao et al, 2022 ; Wen et al, 2022 ; Xie et al, 2022a ; Hsiao et al, 2023 ) and 11 investigated various therapeutic methods on the topic, including rTMS ( Yang et al, 2015 ; Pisegna et al, 2016 ; Bath et al, 2018 ; Chiang et al, 2018 ; Cheng et al, 2021 ; Li et al, 2021 ; Wang et al, 2021 ; Balcerak et al, 2022 ; Tan et al, 2022 ; Zhu and Gu, 2022 ; Banda et al, 2023 ). For the specific focus of this umbrella review, from the latter studies, only the information pertaining to the use of rTMS for the treatment of dysphagia post-stroke was analyzed.…”