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

Low 2012.

Methods RCT
Participants 20 participants: 10 intervention, 10 control
Inclusion criteria: diagnosis of stroke and medically stable
Mean age 60.4 (13.3) years (total sample)
65% men
Timing post stroke: 14.21 (5.5) d
Interventions VR intervention: locally developed VR program
Control intervention: usual care
The VR group received an additional 30 min of daily VR therapy for 2 weeks
Outcomes Fugl Meyer Motor Scale (upper limb)
Action Research Arm Test
Berg Balance Scale
Functional Independence Measure
Gait speed
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported (conference abstract)
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported (conference abstract)
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported (conference abstract)
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported (conference abstract)
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Not reported (conference abstract)