Hurd 1974.

Methods	Parallel group, single centre trial Exp: routine management (details not specified) + sling C: routine management
Participants	Inclusion criteria: first stroke, upper arm paralysis, no previous arm, shoulder or neck injury Age (range) = 22 to 87 years Time after stroke: 1 to 2 weeks Number of participants: Exp/C = 7/7 Male/Female = 4/10 Right/Left hemiplegia = unknown Dropouts: Exp/C = 0/0
Interventions	Sling: hemisling. Duration of intervention: 2 to 3 weeks
Outcomes	Subluxation: number of participants with over 10 mm of subluxation Pain: number of participants who rated pain as nil, little or severe Contracture: number of participants who lost equal or greater than 30 degrees of shoulder external rotation
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment?	Unclear risk	D ‐ Not used

C: control 
 Exp: experimental 
 P: placebo 
 ROM: range of motion 
 VAS: visual analogue scale