Kim 2011b
| Methods | RCT | |
| Participants | Recruited from a Department of Rehabilitation, Korea 24 participants: 12 intervention, 12 control Inclusion criteria: participants diagnosed with unilateral spatial neglect through the line bisection test or star cancellation test Exclusion criteria: severe cognitive impairment or aphasia. Patients with insufficient sitting balance to sit on a chair with a back and armrests. Patients with restricted neck movement, poor eyesight or unable to recognise objects on a screen Mean (SD) age: intervention group 62.3 (10.2) years, control group 67.2 (13.9) years 58% male Timing post stroke: intervention group 22.8 (7.6) days, control group 25.5 (18.5) days |
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| Interventions | Virtual reality intervention: IREX Control intervention: conventional rehabilitation tasks such as visual tracking, reading and writing, drawing and puzzles Sessions were 30 minutes, 5 days a week for 3 weeks (approximately 7.5 hours total) |
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| Outcomes | Outcomes recorded at baseline and post‐intervention Activity limitation outcomes: Korean Modified Barthel Index Other outcomes: Star cancellation test, Line bisection test, Catherine Bergego Scale |
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| Notes | — | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not reported |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not reported |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Blinded to allocation |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | No withdrawals |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | No other outcome data collected |