Hiragami 2012.

Methods	RCT
Participants	Country: Japan Setting: inpatient hospital Age: adults (mean age: 67.5 years) Sample size: 14 participants (7 in each group, no dropouts published) Sex: 6 women, 8 men Inclusion criteria: 1st episode of stroke with hemiparesis or second episode of stroke with no upper limb motor dysfunction after 1st stroke, > 1 month since stroke, Brunnstrom recovery stage finger 1 ‐ 5, no severe cognitive disorders (MMSE score ≥ 24, and item score of consciousness, gaze, visual fields, language, attention of National Institutes of Health Stroke scale = 0) Exclusion criteria: hypertonia of upper limb, limitation in range of motion of upper limb, other diseases interfering with ability to move upper limbs
Interventions	2 arms 1 and 2: conventional stroke rehabilitation programme (physiotherapy, occupational therapy) Additional MT: non‐paretic‐side movements (e.g. supination and eversion of the forearm, flexion and extension of the wrist and finger, grasp a block) while participants looked into the mirror. During the session participants were asked to try to do the same movements with the paretic hand No additional therapy 1 and 2: 4 weeks, 6 ‐ 7 days a week, daily 2 hours 1: additional 30 minutes MT Date of intervention: October 2010 to March 2011
Outcomes	Outcomes were recorded at baseline and after 4 weeks of therapy BRS FM‐UE WMFT FIM self‐care
Notes	Published and unpublished information Funding source: not stated Declarations of trialists’ interests: not stated
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Low risk	Participants were randomly assigned by stratified randomisation
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Low risk	Concealed allocation by an independent author who drew sealed envelopes
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	No dropouts and group changes
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) primary outcome	Low risk	Assessor was blinded to group allocation