Study	Reason for exclusion
Bar‐or 1976	Not a randomised controlled trial
Hutzler 1998	Not a randomised controlled trial
Jones 2001	Not a randomised controlled trial
Ketelaar 2001	Intervention did not meet pre‐stated definition of exercise
Benda 2003	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Blundell 2003	Not a randomised controlled trial
Cherng 2004	Intervention did not meet pre‐stated definition of exercise
Ahlborg 2006	Comparison was whole body vibration therapy
Kandrali 2006	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Patikas 2006	Intervention was provided following surgery; unable to determine independent effects of exercise
Reid 2006	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Dodd 2007	Not a randomised controlled trial
Gordon 2007	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Ozer 2007	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Stackhouse 2007	Compared strengthening with neuromuscular electrical stimulation to strengthening without neuromuscular electrical stimulation
Weindling 2007	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Bar‐Haim 2008	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Fernandes 2008	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Hornyak 2008	This is a commentary
Jannink 2008	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Davis 2009	Intervention did not meet pre‐stated definition of exercise
Katz‐Leurer 2009	Included children with cerebral palsy and traumatic brain injury and presented data on combined group
McGibbon 2009	Not a randomised controlled trial
Taylor 2009	This is a correspondence not a study
Salem 2009	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Batista 2010	Not a randomised controlled trial
Boyd 2010	Protocol of constraint‐induced movement therapy compared to bimanual therapy (do not meet pre‐stated definition of exercise)
Brown 2010	Not a randomised controlled trial
Harbourne 2010	Compared different interventions (not exercise interventions) and different means of delivery.
Herrero 2010	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Kumar 2010	Not a randomised controlled trial
Maher 2010	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Mehta 2010	Compared Bobath therapy to conventional therapy. Neither intervention met the pre‐stated definition of exercise.
Sorsdahl 2010	Not a randomised controlled trial
Speyer 2010	Participants did not have a diagnosis of cerebral palsy
Willoughby 2010	Compared two modes of aerobic exercise
Yonetsu 2010	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Batra 2011	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Choi 2011	Intervention did not meet pre‐stated definition of exercise
Hung 2011	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Roberti 2011	This is a literature review not a study
Sakzewski 2011a	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Sakzewski 2011b	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise. It compared constraint‐induced movement therapy to bimanual training.
Silva e Borges 2011	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Yabunaka 2011	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Bandholm 2012	Compared resistance training and usual care following botulinum toxin treatment; unable to differentiate effects of exercise and botulinum toxin treatment
Dimitrijević 2012	Intervention did not meet pre‐stated definition of exercise
Herrero 2012	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Kang 2012	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Kim 2012	Compared 2 modes of resistance training
Nsenga Leunkeu 2012	Participants not randomly allocated into groups
Olama 2012	Compared resistance training to resistance training and myofeedback
Sakzewski 2012	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Salem 2012	Participants did not have a diagnosis of cerebral palsy
Angulo‐Barroso 2013	Participants did not have a diagnosis of cerebral palsy
Chang 2013	Not a randomised controlled trial
Fedrizzi 2013	Intervention included constraint‐induced movement therapy
Grecco 2013a	Compared two modes of aerobic exercise
Grecco 2013b	Compared two modes of aerobic exercise.
Green 2013	Not a randomised controlled trial
Hutzler 2013	Not a randomised controlled trial
Jeng 2013	Not a randomised controlled trial
Kumar 2013	Unable to determine the content of the intervention from the published report
Moreau 2013	Compared 2 types of strength training (fast and slow training)
Nsenga Leunkeu 2013	Participants not randomly allocated into groups
Rimmer 2013	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Su 2013	Compared two modes of aerobic exercise
Williams 2013	The participants in the intervention group received botulinum toxin type A treatment before or after strength training (this was not consistent for participants). Unable to determine independent effects of exercise
Abd El‐Kafy 2014	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Ayhan 2014	Participants did not have a diagnosis of cerebral palsy
Chiu 2014	Intervention did not meet pre‐stated definition of exercise
Franki 2014	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Hammond 2014	Participants did not have a diagnosis of cerebral palsy
Hussein 2014	Compared 2 modes of aerobic exercise
Lee 2014a	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Lee 2014b	Not a randomised controlled trial
Park 2014a	Intervention did not meet pre‐stated definition of exercise
Schroeder 2014	Not a randomised controlled trial
Slaman 2014	Intervention group received 3 interventions; only 1 was exercise. Unable to determine independent effects of exercise
Van Wely 2014	Intervention group did not receive exercise alone; unable to determine independent effects of exercise
Verschuren 2014	This is a literature review not a study
Walsh 2014	Not a randomised controlled trial but a case study
Williams 2014	Participants did not have a diagnosis of cerebral palsy
AlSaif 2015	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Bohm 2015	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Capio 2015	Not a randomised controlled trial
Chen 2015	Not a randomised controlled trial
El‐Basatiny 2015	Intervention did not meet pre‐stated definition of exercise
Gillaux 2015	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Hamah 2015	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Kim 2015	Not a randomised controlled trial
Lai 2015	Not a randomised controlled trial
Lowe 2015	Participants do not have a diagnosis of cerebral palsy
Preston 2015	Participants in intervention group received botulinum toxin and exercise; unable to determine independent effects of exercise
Sherief AEAA 2015	Participants in intervention group received treadmill training and dynamic ankle‐foot orthoses; unable to determine independent effects of exercise
Swe 2015	Compared 2 modes of aerobic exercise
Temcharoensuk 2015	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Declerck 2016	Intervention did not meet the pre‐stated definition of exercise
Hsieh 2016	Participants did not have a diagnosis of cerebral palsy