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. 2019 Nov 26;2019(11):CD009286. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009286.pub3

Pariente 2001.

Methods Prospective double‐blind cross‐over placebo‐controlled study of 8 people with pure motor hemiparesis
Participants Lacunar ischaemic stroke, assessed by brain CT
Quote: "Early phase of recovery"
Interventions Single dose of fluoxetine
Outcomes fMRI (raw data provided)
Finger tapping (presented as a graph, no raw data)
NIHSS, motricity index, BI, trunk control test, Ashworth scale, somatosensory scale (no data)
Funding source Source of funding not stated
Notes We could not use these data in our meta‐analyses. The authors reported that fluoxetine led to hyperactivation in the ipsi‐lesional (i.e. on the same side as the stroke lesion) primary motor cortex during a motor task; moreover, fluoxetine significantly improved motor skills of the affected side
Dates of recruitment not given. Conflicts not stated
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Randomisation code kept at the centre and broken at the end of the study
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Randomisation code kept at the centre and broken at the end of the study
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Double‐blind, placebo given
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Double‐blind
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Data on fMRI appears complete
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Data on clinical outcomes were not reported
Other bias Unclear risk Balanced baseline