Table 4.
Drop outs
| Study ID | EXP ‐ treatment phase | EXP ‐ follow‐up | CTL ‐ treatment phase | CTL ‐ follow‐up |
| Ada 2003 | 1 ‐ hip fracture caused by a fall at home after the first week of training 2 ‐ not measured at post‐test for medical reasons, 1 due to low back pain (these participants completed the follow‐up assessment) | No drop outs | 1 ‐ moved out of area | 1 ‐ moved out of area |
| Ada 2010 | 2 ‐ died 2 ‐ withdrew |
No follow‐up period | 2 ‐ died | No follow‐up period |
| Ada 2013 | 1 ‐ withdrew | No drop outs | 3 ‐ withdrew | No drop outs |
| Kim 2011 | Drop outs not stated | Drop outs not stated | Drop outs not stated | Drop outs not stated |
| da Cunha Filho 2002 | 1 ‐ completed fewer than 9 treadmill and body weight support sessions | No follow‐up period | 1 ‐ pulmonary complications (not related to the protocol) | No follow‐up period |
| Deniz 2011 | Drop outs not stated | Drop outs not stated | Drop outs not stated | Drop outs not stated |
| Du 2006 | No drop outs | No follow‐up period | No drop outs | No follow‐up period |
| Duncan 2011 | 35 (12 withdrew, 7 died, 13 moved, 3 other) | Unclear | 11 (2 withdrew, 6 died, 3 moved) | |
| Eich 2004 | No drop outs | 1 ‐ refusal | No drop outs | No drop outs |
| Franceschini 2009 | 10 ‐ drop outs | No follow‐up period | 10 ‐ drop outs | No follow‐up period |
| Gan 2012 | No drop outs | No follow‐up period | No drop outs | No follow‐up period |
| Globas 2011 | 1 ‐ recurrent stroke 1 ‐ transportation problem |
2 drop outs (but unclear which group) | No drop outs | 2 drop outs (but unclear which group) |
| Hoyer 2012 | No drop outs | No follow‐up period | No drop outs | No follow‐up period |
| Jaffe 2004 | 1 ‐ endurance level too low to continue treatment | No drop outs | 2 ‐ medical conditions unrelated to the study (1 participant with arthritis and 1 participant with a heart condition) | No drop outs |
| Kang 2012 | 1 ‐ drop out ‐ another treatment 1 ‐ lack of participation |
No drop outs | No drop outs | No drop outs |
| Kosak 2000 | 1 ‐ chose to discontinue treatment (did not want to walk on the treadmill) 1 ‐ acute myocardial infarction requiring readmission to acute care | No follow‐up period | 1 ‐ Stroke progression requiring readmission to acute care | No follow‐up period |
| Kuys 2011 | 1 ‐ withdrew 1 ‐ fall |
1 ‐ moved 1 ‐ medical condition |
No drop outs | No drop outs |
| Langhammer 2010 | 3 ‐ drop outs (unclear reasons) | No follow‐up period | 2 ‐ drop outs (unclear reasons) | No follow‐up period |
| Laufer 2001 | 2 ‐ discharged prior to completion of data collection | No follow‐up period | 1 ‐ discharged prior to completion of data collection 1 ‐ readmitted to an acute hospital (not related to the protocol) | No follow‐up period |
| Liston 2000 | 1 ‐ hospitalised after first treatment and subsequently died (reason for hospitalisation not reported) 1 ‐ chose to discontinue treatment due to knee pain 1 ‐ chose to discontinue treatment (felt unsafe and frightened on the treadmill) | No follow‐up period | No drop outs | No follow‐up period |
| Luft 2008 | 12 ‐ unrelated medical condition 2 ‐ recurrent stroke 6 ‐ non‐compliance |
No follow‐up period | 11 ‐ unrelated medical condition 11 ‐ non‐compliance |
No follow‐up period |
| MacKay‐Lyons 2013 | 1 ‐ seizure activity 1 ‐ moved |
1 ‐ refused | 2 ‐ medical reasons 1 ‐ disinterest |
1 ‐ refused 1 ‐ lost to follow‐up |
| Macko 2005 | 3 ‐ medical conditions (1 participant had sinus surgery, 1 participant had pre‐existing shoulder pain, 1 participant had a gastrointestinal bleed and recurrent stroke) 1 ‐ fall at home 3 ‐ chose to discontinue treatment (1 participant had transportation problems, 1 participant had poor adherence and 1 participant decided to train at home) | No follow‐up period | 4 ‐ medical conditions (1 participant had a hernia repair, 1 participant had elective cardiac surgery, 1 participant had a radiculopathy and 1 participant had a foot infection and poor control of hypertension) 2 ‐ fracture caused by a fall at home 3 ‐ chose to discontinue treatment (1 participant moved out of area, 1 participant returned to work and 1 participant was disinterested in stretching) | No follow‐up period |
| Mehrberg 2001 | Missing information | Missing information | Missing information | Missing information |
| Moore 2010 | ||||
| Nilsson 2001 | 2 ‐ chose to discontinue treatment (did not want to walk on the treadmill) 2 ‐ medical reasons | 2 ‐ medical reasons 1 ‐ death 1 ‐ moved out of area | 1 ‐ chose to discontinue treatment (wanted to walk on the treadmill) 1 ‐ medical reasons 1 ‐ death | 1 ‐ moved out of area 1 ‐ did not want to attend the follow‐up tests |
| Olawale 2009 | 2 ‐ did not attend all training sessions | No follow‐up period | 5 ‐ Did not attend all training sessions | No follow‐up period |
| Pohl 2002 | 2 ‐ medical conditions (1 participant with bladder infection and fever, and 1 participant with viral infection and fever) from EXP 1 2 ‐ medical conditions (1 participant with bladder infection and fever, and 1 participant with pneumonia) from EXP 2 | No follow‐up period | 5 ‐ medical conditions (3 participants with pneumonia and 2 with viral infection and fever) | No follow‐up period |
| Richards 1993 | 1 ‐ reason not reported | No follow‐up data reported | 2 ‐ reason not reported | No follow‐up data reported |
| Richards 2004 | 1 ‐ medical conditions (hip fracture) 1 ‐ medical conditions (cardiac problems) |
5 ‐ being unavailable | 1 ‐ reason not stated | 7 ‐ being unavailable |
| Scheidtmann 1999 | No drop outs | No follow‐up period | No drop outs | No follow‐up period |
| Smith 2008 | Drop outs not stated | Drop outs not stated | Drop outs not stated | Drop outs not stated |
| Sullivan 2007 | 6 ‐ withdrawn by administration 1 ‐ refused to participate |
4 ‐ refused to participate | 2 ‐ withdrawn by administration | 1 ‐ withdrawn by administration 3 ‐ refused to participate |
| Suputtitada 2004 | Drop outs not stated | No follow‐up period | Drop outs not stated | No follow‐up period |
| Takami 2010 | 3 ‐ for family reasons | No follow‐up period | Drop outs not stated | No follow‐up period |
| Toledano‐Zarhi 2011 | 1 ‐ chose to discontinue treatment | No follow‐up period | No drop outs | No follow‐up period |
| Visintin 1998 | 2 ‐ chose to discontinue treatment 2 ‐ medical reasons 2 ‐ discharged to chronic care prior to completion of data collection (no longer eligible) 1 ‐ discharged home prior to completion of data collection and was unwilling or unable to complete the training | 14 ‐ medical event, repeated stroke, lack of willingness to participate or moved away from area | 4 ‐ chose to discontinue treatment 5 ‐ medical reasons 3 ‐ discharged to chronic care prior to completion of data collection (no longer eligible) 2 ‐ discharged home prior to completion of data collection and were unwilling or unable to complete the training | 13 ‐ medical event, repeated stroke, lack of willingness to participate or moved away from area |
| Weng 2004 | 2 ‐ reasons unknown due to issues of translation | No follow‐up period | 3 ‐ reasons unknown due to issues of translation | No follow‐up period |
| Weng 2006 | Drop outs not stated | No follow‐up period | Drop outs not stated | No follow‐up period |
| Werner 2002a | No drop outs | No follow‐up period | No drop outs | No follow‐up period |
| Yang 2010 | No drop outs | No follow‐up period | No drop outs | No follow‐up period |
| Yen 2008 | No drop outs | No follow‐up period | No drop outs | No follow‐up period |
| Zhang 2008 | Drop outs not stated | No follow‐up period | Drop outs not stated | No follow‐up period |
| Zhu 2004 | No drop outs | No follow‐up period | No drop outs | No follow‐up period |
CTL: control EXP: experimental