Miller 2004

Methods	Block RCT
Participants	Country: Australia Setting: unclear 24 participants Inclusion criteria: within 6 weeks of cortical stroke Exclusion criteria: none reported
Interventions	Intervention period 3 weeks daily Treatment group: task‐related training of upper limb emphasizing uni‐manual and bi‐manual functional activities Control group: exercises to improve postural control and concentration
Outcomes	Assessed pre, post, and at 3‐month follow‐up Motor Assessment Scale Chedoke McMaster Stroke Assessment Stroke Adapted 30‐item Sickness Impact Profile Manual dexterity Muscle strength Sensation hand
Notes	Attempted to contact authors for further details; authors declined to supply further details as they wanted to pursue further publications
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Adequate sequence generation?	Unclear risk	Quote: "Subjects were recruited within six weeks of their first cortical stroke and randomly allocated to treatment (T) or control (C) intervention." Comment: sequence generation unspecified
Allocation concealment?	Unclear risk	Quote: "Subjects were recruited within six weeks of their first cortical stroke and randomly allocated to treatment (T) or control (C) intervention." Comment: allocation concealment unspecified
Blinding? All outcomes	Unclear risk	Quote: none applicable Comment: no details provided of whether there was blinding or not in the study of any of participants, therapists or study peronnel
Incomplete outcome data addressed? All outcomes	Unclear risk	Comment: appears all participants recruited so far have been accounted for, unclear if further participants were being recruited
Free of selective reporting?	Unclear risk	Comment: not all results were provided in the summaries available to the review authors, not enough information was provided
Free of other bias?	Unclear risk	Comment: the results of this study are interim only and results may differ on completion of study; unable to make a judgement at this time