Song 2015.
Methods | RCT | |
Participants | Recruited from a hospital in South Korea 40 participants: 20 intervention group, 20 control group Inclusion criteria: no visual field deficit, no abnormality in the vestibular organs, no orthopaedic disease, an unrestricted ROM, able to understand and perform the exercise as instructed by the researcher and a score of ≥ 24 on the MMSE‐K Exclusion criteria: none reported Mean (SD) age: intervention group mean (SD) 51.37 (40.6) years, control group 50.10 (7.83) years 55% men Stroke details: 48% right hemiparesis Timing post stroke: intervention group 14.75 (6.06) months, 14.30 (3.40) months |
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Interventions | VR intervention: Xbox Kinect including Kinect Sport, Kinect Sport Season 2, Kinect Adventure, Kinect Gunstringer. Mostly sports programs such as bowling, skiing, golf, ground walking, walking over obstacles and climbing stairs were used for training Control intervention: ergometer bicycle training using a Motomed Viva 2. The Motomed provides detailed feedback, software‐controlled therapy programs and motivation and training games Sessions for both interventions were 30 min, 5 d/week for 8 weeks |
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Outcomes | Outcomes assessed post intervention Balance (biofeedback analysis system) Timed Up and Go Test 10 Minute Walk Test |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Detail not reported |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Detail not reported |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Detail not reported |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Detail not reported |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | No mention of protocol or trial registration |