Mikulecka 2005

Methods	Trial inclusions: ischaemic cerebrovascular accident, admitted to hospital, medically stable Trial exclusions: none described Statistical analyses performed: Kruskal‐Wallis and Friedman tests
Participants	Number of participants: 40 Mean age (years): experimental group: 65, control group: 69 Age range: experimental group: 43 to 80, control group: 50 to 84 Gender ratio (male:female): experimental group: 15:5, control group: 12:8 Site of lesion: experimental group: 12 right carotid; 8 left carotid, control group: 13 right carotid; 7 left carotid Time post stroke: 1 week Stroke classification: anterior circulation
Interventions	Able‐bodied group: n/a Control group: standard physiotherapy approach Experimental group: standard physiotherapy approach, plus clearly‐described hands‐on treatment for 20 minutes for 8 to 12 days (average: 6 treatments)
Outcomes	Jebson‐Taylor Test (Jebson 1969), Visual Ranking Score for Hand Function Test
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Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Unclear
Power Calculation	High risk	None
Blinding of participants	Unclear risk	Unclear
Blinding of intervention  providers	Unclear risk	Unclear
Blinding of outcome assessor	Unclear risk	Unclear
Follow up and exclusions	Unclear risk	Unclear
Selective reporting and other sources of bias	Unclear risk	Unclear
Reliability of outcome measures used	Unclear risk	Jebson‐Taylor Test has previously been demonstrated as reliable. Visual ranking score reliability unclear
Randomization method	Unclear risk	Unclear

ARAT: Action Research Arm Test FTT: Force Tracking Test JMTT: Joint Movement Tracking Test n/a: not applicable