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

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
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
Outcomes Outcomes assessed post intervention
Balance (biofeedback analysis system)
Timed Up and Go Test
10 Minute Walk Test
Notes  
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