Yoon 2014.

Methods	RCT
Participants	Country: Republic of Korea Setting: inpatient rehabilitation centre Age: adults (mean age: 57.8 years) Sample size: 26 participants (8 in experimental group, 9 each in 2 control groups, no dropouts published) Sex: 10 women, 16 men Inclusion criteria: hemiplegia due to stroke < 6 weeks after onset, no past history of stroke, able to perform an active extension of the affected wrist and more than 2 fingers at an angle of > 10 ° and an active abduction of the affected thumb at an angle of > 10 °, capable of simple communication, can receive care by guardians or caregivers, able to maintain a sitting position for > 30 minutes Exclusion criteria: people with depression who were unable to co‐operate in the treatment, not able to perform active task training due to musculoskeletal problems, spasticity of mAS II or higher, complex regional pain syndrome or secondary adhesive capsulitis
Interventions	3 arms 1, 2 and 3: conventional therapy Additional CIMT + MT Additional CIMT + self‐exercise Additional self‐exercise 1, 2 and 3: 2 weeks, 5 days a weeks, 40 minutes a day of conventional therapy Additional 2 hours, 3 times a day CIMT and 30 minutes MT a day Additional 2 hours, 3 times a day CIMT and 30 minutes self‐exercise a day Additional 30 minutes, 2 times a day, self‐exercise Date of intervention: October 2012 to May 2013
Outcomes	Outcomes were recorded at baseline and after 2 weeks of therapy FMA‐UE BBT 9‐hole Pegboard test, Grip strength BRS WMFT Korean version of modified Barthel Index (K‐MBI)
Notes	Funding source: 2‐year research grant of Pusan National University, Republik of Korea Declarations of trialists’ interests: there are no conflicts of interest
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Low risk	Participants were randomly assigned by random cards with numbers
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not stated
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not stated
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) primary outcome	Unclear risk	Not stated