Yavuzer 2008
| Methods | RCT | |
| Participants | Recruited from an inpatient rehabilitation centre in Turkey 20 participants: 10 intervention, 10 control Inclusion criteria: first episode of unilateral stroke with hemiparesis during the previous 12 months, score of 1 to 4 on the Brunnstrom stages for the upper extremity, able to understand and follow simple verbal instructions, no severe cognitive disorders that would interfere with the study's purpose (Mini Mental State Examination score of > 16/30) Mean (SD) age: intervention group 58 (10) years, control group 64 (11) years 45% male Stroke details: 45% right hemiparesis Timing post stroke: Intervention group mean (SD) 3 (3) months, control group 5 (1) months |
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| Interventions | Virtual reality intervention: active use of the Playstation EyeToy games involving use of the upper limbs Control intervention: watched the Playstation EyeToy games but did not get physically involved Sessions were 30 minutes, 5 times a week for 4 weeks (10 hours total) Sessions were in addition to the conventional rehabilitation programme that both groups were participating in, which involved approximately 60 minutes of therapy for the upper limb |
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| Outcomes | Outcomes recorded at baseline and post‐intervention Upper limb function and activity outcome measures (arm function): Brunnstrom UE stages Upper limb function and activity outcome measures (hand function): Brunnstrom hand stages Activity limitation outcome measures: Functional Independence Measure self care component Adverse events reported |
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| Notes | — | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | Sequence generated using a computer‐generated random number list |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | An independent doctor operated the random number program |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Blind |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | There does not appear to be any attrition and all outcome measures appear to have been reported in full |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Unclear |