Electroacupuncture and rTMS for Post-Stroke Motor Recovery

Participants will receive electroacupuncture once daily for 2 consecutive weeks (total 10 sessions). Disposable sterile needles will be inserted at standardized acupoints to achieve de qi, then connected to an electroacupuncture device for 30 minutes per session.

Participants will receive sham electroacupuncture once daily for 2 consecutive weeks (total 10 sessions). Disposable blunt needles will be placed at the same acupoints without skin penetration or electrical stimulation, with the electroacupuncture device turned on but delivering no current, for 30 minutes per session.

Participants will receive high-frequency rTMS to the ipsilesional M1 area once daily for 2 consecutive weeks (total 10 sessions). Stimulation will be delivered with a MagPro R30 stimulator at 10 Hz, 1600 pulses per session, 4-second trains with 41-second inter-train intervals.