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. 2010 Jul 7;2010(7):CD007513. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007513.pub2

Dean 2000

Methods RCT Mobility CCT versus upper limb CCT
Participants 9 participants (Group 1 = 5, Group 2 = 4), mean 1.3 years post‐stroke, mean age 62.3 years, able to walk 10 metres independently with or without gait aid
Interventions Group 1: mobility‐related CCT Group 2: upper limb‐related CCT
Outcomes 6mWT, Step Test, TUG, gait speed, peak vertical ground reaction force through affected lower limb during sit‐to‐stand, laboratory measures of gait kinematics and kinetics
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Adequate sequence generation? Low risk Randomisation by lottery: "drawing two cards, one with subject's name and one with group allocation from two separate boxes"
Allocation concealment? Low risk Cards drawn by a person independent of the study
Blinding? All outcomes High risk Clinical assessments, with exception of 6mWT, conducted by independent rater; however, this blinding may have been unmasked as the result of this observer inadvertently observing 1 training session
Incomplete outcome data addressed? All outcomes High risk Missing data balanced across groups (1 in experimental and 2 in control) for transport or unrelated illness reasons, but no intention‐to‐treat analysis undertaken
Free of selective reporting? Low risk All outcome measures reported
Free of other bias? High risk Very small sample size