Table 1.
Demographics of included participants
| Study | Number of participants | Age: mean (SD) | Gender (M/F) | First stroke | Time since stroke: mean (SD) | Side of stroke (L/R) | Type of stroke |
Inital Fugl‐Meyer (UE) mean (SD) |
| Duncan 1998 | Usual care: 10 Home therapy: 10 |
67.8 years (7.2) 67.3 years (9.6) |
Not reported | Not reported | 56 days 66 days |
4/5; Brainstem: 1 4/6 |
Ischaemic: 8 Haemorrhagic: 2 Brain stem: 1 Ischaemic: 10 Haemorrhagic: 0 |
36.4 (Not reported) 38.1 (Not reported) |
| Duncan 2003 | Usual care: 48 Home therapy: 44 Drop‐outs: 8 |
70.2 years (11.4) 68.5 years (9.0) 74.6 years (9.8) |
27/21 23/21 6/2 |
Not reported as comorbid condition assume n = 100 | 73.5 days (27.1) 77.5 days (28.7) 84 days (27.2) |
22/22; Brainstem/other: 4 18/2; Brainstem/other: 4 4/3; Brainstem/other:1 |
Ischaemic: 44 Ischaemic: 39 Ischaemic: 7 |
43.3 (11.9) 45.8 (12.8) 50.6 (7.4) |
| Piron 2008 | Virtual reality with therapist: 5 Virtual reality with telerehabilitation: 5 |
65 years (11) 53 years (15) |
3/2 2/3 |
Not reported Not reported |
364 days (56) 280 days (56) |
Not reported Not reported |
Ischaemic: 5 Ischaemic: 5 |
49.4 (Not reported) 51.2 (Not reported) |
| Piron 2009 | Conventional: 18 Telerehabilitation with virtual reality: 18 |
64.4 years (7.9) 66 years (7.9) |
10/8 11/7 |
18 18 |
333 days (11.9) 412 days (184.8) |
8/10 8/10 |
Ischaemic: 18 Ischaemic: 18 |
47.3 (4.5) 48.3 (7.2) |
F: female L: left M: male R: right SD: standard deviation