Comparison 3. Electrostimulation versus conventional therapy.

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Motor impairment ‐ muscle tone	1		Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	Subtotals only
1.1 Lower limb ‐ actual values	1	23	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.63 [‐0.21, 1.47]
2 Motor impairment ‐ physiological cost index	1		Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	Subtotals only
2.1 Actual values	1	23	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.13 [‐0.69, 0.95]
3 Motor impairment ‐ Fugl Meyer Assessment	2		Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	Subtotals only
3.1 Actual values	2	29	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	1.06 [0.25, 1.88]
4 Normality of movement	3		Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	Subtotals only
4.1 Gait velocity ‐ actual values	2	41	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.18 [‐1.14, 1.50]
4.2 Stride length ‐ actual values	2	34	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.35 [‐0.93, 1.63]
4.3 Minimum knee angle during swing phase ‐ actual values	1	16	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐0.15 [‐1.13, 0.83]
4.4 Mimimum ankle angle during swing phase ‐ actual values	1	16	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐0.66 [‐1.67, 0.36]
4.5 Gait cycle time ‐ actual values	1	17	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.74 [‐0.25, 1.74]
4.6 Cadence ‐ actual values	1	19	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.61 [‐0.32, 1.54]
5 Functional motor ability	1		Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	Subtotals only
5.1 Rivermead Mobility Index ‐ actual values	1	23	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐0.31 [‐1.14, 0.51]
5.2 Walking endurance ‐ actual values	1	23	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐0.30 [‐1.12, 0.52]
6 Global ADL	1		Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	Subtotals only
6.1 Actual values	1	9	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	1.59 [‐0.05, 3.22]