Transcranial magnetic stimulation-based closed-loop modality for activity of daily living gain in spinal cord injury: a retrospective study using propensity score matching analysis.

"Conflicts of interest: The authors certify that there is no conflict of interest with any financial organization regarding the material discussed in the manuscript."

"Funding: The research leading to these results received funding from National Nature and Science Foundation of China under Grant Agreement Nos. 81901394 and 81960220, Guangxi Nature and Science Foundation under Grant Agreement Nos. 2016GXNSFBA380020, 2018GXNSFAA138010 and 2019GXNSFAA185029, as well as “Medical Excellent Award” funded by the Creative Research Development Grant from the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University under Grant Agreement Nos. 201907 and 202101. These fundings play important roles in the study design, acquisition analysis and interpretation of data, as well as in drafting the manuscript."

"Our study was registered and approved by the medical ethics committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China (Registration number: 2023-E113-01). The present study was conducted in accordance with the principles set forth in the Helsinki Declaration. All patients have given their informed consent for inclusion of their clinical data into the present study. Retrospective analysis was performed by referring to the data within clinical medical record system at our hospital, ranged from May 2012 to October 2021. The following were inclusion criteria:"