iTBS for Acute Ischemic Stroke After Thrombectomy

The iTBS delivered to the ipsilesional primary motor cortex (M1) at 80% resting motor threshold (RMT). Each session consists of 600 pulses (3-minute trains of 50 Hz triplets repeated every 10 seconds, twice daily with a 5-minute interval), administered for 7 consecutive days starting within 6 hours post-randomization.

Sham-iTBS is performed in the same way as the treatment group but uses 20% RMT.