1. exp Cerebrovascular accident/

2. (stroke or cva$ or cerebrocasecular or cerebral vascular).tw.

3. exp Brain Injuries/

4. exp Hemiplegia/

5. (hemipleg$ or hemipar$ or brain injur$).tw.

6. or/1–5

7. exp Exercise Therapy/ or exp Exercise/

8. exp Physical Fitness/

9. exp Physical Endurance/

10. treadmill.tw.

11. ((aerobic or endurance or cardio$ or fitness) adj5 (train$ or program$ or protocol$ or

12. or/7–11

13. exp Randomized Controlled Trials/

14. Clinical trial.pt.

15. exp Random Allocation/

16. Randon$.tw.

17. exp Cross-Over Studies/

18. Control$.tw.

19. experimental$.tw.

20. exp Follow-Up Studies/

21. or/13–20

22. 6 and 12 and 21

Free text terms (.tw.); MESH controlled vocabulary (/); truncation ($)

adj5: adjacency operator, retrieves records that contain the search term within 5 words of each other in either direction; exp: explode