Cauraugh 2005

Methods	Randomised controlled trial Random assignment following a randomisation schedule
Participants	21 participants Inclusion criteria: diagnosis of no more than 3 strokes, lower limit of 10° voluntary wrist/finger extension starting from 80° wrist and finger flexion, upper limit of 80% motor recovery, no other neurological deficits, not participating in another upper limb programme
Interventions	Group 1 (10 participants): unilateral + EMG‐triggered stimulation wrist/finger extension Group 2 (11 participants): bilateral + EMG‐triggered stimulation wrist/finger extension Each group completed 4 days of 90 minutes training/week over 2 weeks Profession of individual(s) administrating training unclear
Outcomes	Secondary outcome: motor impairment ‐ temporal outcomes: reaction time (ms), movement time (ms) deceleration time (ms), peak velocity (cm/s) and SD peak velocity (movement time selected) All measured for single aiming test and recorded by EMG
Notes	Control group (5 participants), no stroke history, not included in participant numbers or analysis Median values presented in paper; this imputed as a mean value in the analysis Movement time data inverted for analysis (multiplied by ‐1)
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment?	Unclear risk	No mention of allocation concealment
Blinding of outcome assessor?	Unclear risk	Not stated
Intention to treat analysis?	Unclear risk	Not reported; no drop‐outs reported
Baseline similarity	Low risk	No differences between groups reported