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. 2016 Dec 21;2016(12):CD010760. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010760.pub2

Pedreira 2013.

Methods Single‐blinded RCT
Participants 44 people with Parkinson’s disease
Inclusion criteria: clinical diagnosis of PD, H&Y I to III, 45 to 80 years old
Exclusion criteria: dementia, uncontrolled hypertension, heart disease, psychiatric disorders
Interventions Experimental group (EG: n = 22); control group (CG: n = 22)
3 times per week/4 weeks
EG + CG: 10 min warmup
EG: 40 min Nintendo Wii therapy
CG: 40 min conventional physiotherapy including trunk and limb mobilisation, balance, muscle strengthening, rhythmic movement, postural alignment, dual task, bimanual, cardiorespiratory, and gait
Outcomes Outcomes recorded at baseline, 4 weeks' follow‐up
Primary outcome: UPDRS, PDQ‐39
Notes Funding source: Brazilian National Institutes of Science and Technology (CITECS‐MCT‐CNPq)
Registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (identifier: NCT01120392)
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Computerised randomisation
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Computerised randomisation
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Blinded
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes High risk No intention‐to‐treat analysis, large dropout
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Protocol not publicly available