| Methods |
Randomised, cross‐over trial, using the first period only
Control group got no treatment during first 11 weeks
Participants were randomised but no procedures are given
Exp = 10; Ctl = 10
Participants and treating therapists were not blind
Evaluators were blind to group assignment |
| Participants |
Number of participants = 20
Average age = 62 years (no range given)
Stroke > 1 year ago
Live in community
Barthel Index score 5 to 14
No rehabilitation in 6 months
Follow verbal commands |
| Interventions |
1 session per week for 10 weeks; 50 to 60 minutes per session
Home‐based PT programme: motor facilitation, posture training, functional ambulation training, ADL training
Caregiver counselling
All treatments and outcome assessments were done at participants' homes |
| Outcomes |
BI
STREAM ‐ mobility item
Outcomes measured at baseline and after intervention (11 weeks) |
| Notes |
Nan‐Tou County, Taiwan |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment? |
Unclear risk |
B ‐ Unclear |
