Funding: the study was performed as part of the State Assignment 84.007.22.800 ”Construction and Clinical Approbation of Experimental Rehabilitation Robotic Hardware and Software Complex with Biological Feedback for Correction of Motor Deficits in Post-stroke Patients”.

Acknowledgments: we would like to thank N.G. Abdulkina, Deputy General Director at the National Medical Research Center of Rehabilitation and Balneology of FMBA of Russia, for support of the research team; A.B. Vorozhtsov, Vice-Rector for Science and Innovation at the National Research Tomsk State University, for assistance with the development of research in the field of medical robotics.

Author contribution: Zemlyakov IYu — manuscript writing, drawing conclusions; Zhdanov DS — review of experimental design for nTMS systems; Bureev ASh — review of the principles of construction and performance of the commercially available nTMS complexes; Kosteley YaV — search for information about the available nTMS complexes; Golobokova EV — search for information about the directions of development and designs for nTMS systems.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the National Medical Research Center of Rehabilitation and Balneology of FMBA of Russia (protocol № 1 of 6 July 2022).