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. 2017 Nov 20;2017(11):CD008349. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008349.pub4

Jung 2012.

Methods RCT
Participants Recruited from outpatient community centre in Korea
21 participants: 11 intervention, 10 control
Inclusion criteria: participants within 6 months after first stroke with a history of falling. Able to walk independently for > 30 min with no cognitive impairment, Brunnstrom Stage > 4 and no cardiovascular, orthopaedic or other neurological conditions that may interfere with study procedures
Exclusion criteria: not reported
Mean (SD) age: intervention group 60.5 (8.6) years, control group 63.6 (5.1) years
62% men
Stroke details: 52% right‐sided hemiparesis
Timing post stroke: intervention group mean (SD) 12.6 (3.3) months, control group 15.4 (4.7) months
Interventions VR intervention: treadmill training while viewing a virtual scene through a head‐mounted device. The VR program simulated a park stroll
Control intervention: treadmill training without the VR program
Sessions were 30 min/d, 5 times a week for 3 weeks (approximately 7.5 h total)
Outcomes Outcomes recorded at baseline and post‐intervention
Gait outcomes: Timed Up and Go Test
Other outcomes: Activity Specific Balance Confidence Scale
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Drawing lots
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Blinded assessment
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Unclear
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Unclear