Lin 2010.

Methods	Randomisation details were not reported Blinding of outcome assessor not reported No information about withdrawals Multicentre, outpatients
Participants	Taiwan Recruited from 2 medical centres 13 participants: 5 intervention, 8 control Inclusion criteria: cerebrovascular accident > 3 months; ability to extend actively at least 20° at the wrist and 10° at the metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints on the last 4 fingers of the affected hand; sufficient cognitive ability Exclusion criteria: not reported Mean age (SD): intervention group: 46.04 (26) years, control group: 51.06 (12.4) years % women: intervention group 40%, control group: 0% Stroke details: ischaemic or haemorrhagic; 20% with right hemiparesis in treatment group, 62% with right hemiparesis in control group Time since stroke, mean (SD): intervention group 21.5 (12.3) months, control group 16.3 (18.3) months
Interventions	mCIMT versus control mCIMT: functional tasks delivered through shaping approach Amount of restraint: 6 hours per day Anatomical region restraint: hand Control: neurodevelopmental treatments focusing on balance training, stretching and weight‐bearing with the affected limb, fine‐motor tasks and practice of compensatory activities of daily living Session duration: 2 hours per day, 5 days per week, 3 weeks for each group
Outcomes	Measures pre/post treatment Arm motor impairment: FMA Perceived arm motor function: MAL Functional magnetic resonance (fMRI) measures
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Quote: "Participants were randomized to the dCIT [distributed Constraint‐induced therapy] or the CI [control intervention] group"
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Information not provided
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Information not provided
Incomplete outcome data addressed? (Post‐treatment)	Unclear risk	Information not provided