Heldman 2000

Methods	RCT with age‐matched normal control group
Participants	Country: Germany Setting: unclear 14 participants (7 in each group) with left‐sided, tactile extinction folowing unilateral, right hemispheric brain lesions, 4 to 20 months post stroke Age: 22 to 67 years with normal single stimulus detection, and seven normal age matched controls 8 males, 6 female stroke patients
Interventions	Intervention group: single treatment of repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation (RPMS) which generated muscle contractions in left index finger; left‐side attentional cueing (encouraging the participants to report the left side first) Control group: no interventions
Outcomes	Outcome measure recorded at baseline and 30 minutes after initial testing or stimulation Quality Extinction Test (QET) ‐ 36 trials of simultaneous sensory presentation, accuracy of detection recorded
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Adequate sequence generation?	Unclear risk	Quote: "Seven were randomly allocated to the experimental group." Comment: no details provided
Allocation concealment?	Unclear risk	Quote: "Seven were allocated randomly to the experimental group ... seven served as a patient control group. Seven age‐matched normal subjects ... served as normal controls in the extinction test." Comment: no details provided
Blinding? All outcomes	Unclear risk	Quote: none found Comment: blinding not reported
Incomplete outcome data addressed? All outcomes	Low risk	All participants accounted for at short‐term assessment, no long‐term outcomes planned
Free of selective reporting?	Low risk	All outcome measures planned were accounted for; only 1 outcome measure (quality extinction test) reported for all participants
Free of other bias?	Low risk	None noted