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. 2014 Apr 22;2014(4):CD001920. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001920.pub3

Sanchez‐Sanchez 2011.

Methods Design: randomised double‐blind controlled trial
Participants "25 patients (mean age 77.20 ± 7.SS) were included in the study and 11 completed the protocol (control group n = 4, target group n = 7)"
Inclusion criteria: "Patients over 60 years old who had suffered a single stroke episode with residual hemiparesis, ability to walk before stroke and to be clinically stable enough to begin physiotherapy"
Exclusion criteria: "Blindness, prosthetics or significant osteoarthritis of the lower limbs, serious cardiac disease and severe cognitive impairment"
Interventions "Control and target groups were treated with conventional physiotherapy for stroke, but we added specific techniques to the target group depending on patient's functional level"
Outcomes "Outcome measures were balance on Berg Balance Scale: walking ability on gait speed and HS Functional Ambulation Classification (FACHS), and functional ability on Barthel Index. Assessment was done at baseline, on the fourth and the twelfth week"
Notes Abstract only. Clarification of intervention sought but not obtained