Figure 1.
Flowchart for the inclusion of studies.
Table 1.
Characteristics of the Included Studies.
Figure 2.
Risk of bias graph (A): overview of the authors' judgments about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies.
Risk of bias summary (B): overview of the authors' judgments about each risk of bias item for each included study.
Figure 3.
Forest plot of SMD and 95% CI for the severity of language impairment in patients received rTMS and sham rTMS.
Figure 4.
Forest plot of SMD and 95% CI for the outcome of naming in patients received rTMS and sham rTMS.
Figure 5.
Forest plot of SMD and 95% CI for the outcome of repetition (A) and writing (B) in patients received rTMS and sham rTMS.
Figure 6.
Forest plot of SMD and 95% CI for the outcome of comprehension in patients received rTMS and sham rTMS.
Figure 7.
Funnel plots demonstrating publication bias for the severity of impairment (A), naming (B), repetition (C), writing (D), and comprehension (E).