Effect of Non-invasive Brain Stimulation on Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis

• Published in: Zhongguo quanke yixue Vol. 26; no. 11; pp. 1389 - 1397
• Main Author: LI Lingling, HUANG Hailiang, YU Ying, JIA Yuqi, LIU Zhiyao, SHI Xin, WANG Fangqi, LIU Xinyue
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Chinese General Practice Publishing House Co., Ltd 01.04.2023
• Subjects: autism spectrum disorder|non-invasive brain stimulation|transcranial direct current stimulation|transcranial magnetic stimulation|randomized controlled trial|systematic review|network meta-analysis
• ISSN: 1007-9572
• DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0675

Background Previous studies have shown various improvement effects of non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) on autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and there is a lack of comparison of the efficacy of different types of NIBS. Objective To systematically evaluate the effect of NIBS on ASD, and to compare the curative effects of two types of NIBS. Methods Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about the effect of NIBS on ASD〔both experimental and control groups received conventional treatments, and the experimental group additionally received transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) or repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) 〕 were retrieved from databases of PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Scopus, Web of Science, CNKI, Wanfang Data, CQVIP, and SinoMed from inception to December 2021. Two researchers independently implemented literature screening and data extraction, and used the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (version 5.1.0) to assess the risk of bias of the included stud