Sütbeyaz 2007

Methods	RCT
Participants	Country: Turkey Sample size: 40 participants (20 in each group; 7 dropped out at 6 months follow‐up) Inclusion criteria: first unilateral stroke during previous 12 months; a score of 1 or 2 in the Brunnstrom stages of lower extremity; ambulatory before stroke Exclusion criteria: severe cognitive disorders
Interventions	2 arms: mirror therapy: participants were instructed to move the non‐paretic leg while looking in the mirror sham therapy: patients performed the same treatment protocol as in group 1 but with the non‐reflecting side of the mirror to the non‐affected leg 1 and 2: 5 days a week, 30 minutes of therapy for 4 weeks
Outcomes	Outcomes were recorded at baseline, after 4 weeks and after 6 months Brunnstrom stages lower extremity (0 to 6) FIM motor items (13 to 91) MAS (0 to 4)) FAC (0 to 5)
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Low risk	Block randomisation, computer generated allocation of blocks
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Low risk	The physicians who assessed potential participants to determine eligibility did not know to which group the participants would be allocated
ITT analysis	High risk	Drop‐outs were not included in analysis
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) primary outcome	Low risk	Assessors were blinded to group allocation