Table 6.
Quality assessment
| Quality assessment of controlled intervention studies | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Q9 | Q10 | Q11 | Q12 | Q13 | Q14 | % Score | Overall Rating |
| (Calabro et al., 2017) [40] | 1 | CD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | CD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10/14 = 71% | Good |
| (Chen et al., 2019) [41] | 1 | CD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | NR | NR | 1 | NR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8/14 = 57% | Fair |
| Quality assessment for observational cohort and cross-sectional studies | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Q9 | Q10 | Q11 | Q12 | Q13 | Q14 | % Score | Overall Rating |
| (Al-Yahya et al., 2016 )[22] | 1 | 0 | CD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 1 | NA | 1 | NA | NA | 1 | 5/10 = 50% | Good |
| (Caliandro et al., 2020) [23] | 1 | 0 | CD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 1 | NA | 1 | NA | NA | 1 | 5/10 = 50% | Good |
| (Chang et al., 2019) [32] | 1 | 0 | CD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 1 | NA | 1 | NA | NA | 0 | 3/10 = 30% | Poor |
| (Chatterjee et al., 2019 )[33] | 1 | 0 | CD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | NA | 1 | NA | NA | 1 | 6/11 = 55% | Good |
| (Choi et al., 2016)[34] | 1 | 0 | CD | CD | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 1 | NA | 1 | NA | NA | 1 | 4/10 = 40% | Fair |
| (García-Cossio et al., 2015) [35] | 1 | 0 | CD | CD | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 1 | NA | 1 | NA | NA | 1 | 4/10 = 40% | Fair |
| (Hawkins et al., 2018) [36] | 1 | 0 | CD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 1 | NA | 1 | NA | NA | 1 | 5/10 = 50% | Good |
| (Hermand et al., 2019) [37] | 1 | 0 | CD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | NA | 1 | NA | NA | 1 | 6/11 = 55% | Good |
| (Lee et al., 2018) [30] | 1 | 0 | CD | CD | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 1 | NA | 1 | NA | NA | 0 | 3/10 = 30% | Poor |
| (Liu et al., 2018) [38] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | NA | 1 | NA | NA | 1 | 8/11 = 73% | Good |
| (Mihara et al., 2007) [39] | 1 | 0 | CD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 0* | NA | 1 | NA | NA | 0 | 2/10 = 20% | Fair |
| (Mitchell et al., 2018)[31] | 1 | 0 | CD | CD | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 1 | NA | 1 | NA | NA | 1 | 4/10 = 40% | Fair |
| (Miyai et al., 2006) [24] | 0 | 0 | CD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 1 | NA | 1 | NA | NA | 0 | 2/10 = 20% | Poor |
| (Miyai et al., 2006) [25] | 1 | 0 | CD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 1 | NA | 1 | NA | NA | 1 | 4/10 = 40% | Fair |
| (Mori et al., 2018) [26] | 1 | 0 | CD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 1 | NA | 1 | NA | NA | 1 | 5/10 = 50% | Fair |
| (Saitou et al., 2000) [27] | 1 | 0 | CD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | NA | 0 | 2/10 = 20% | Poor |
| (Sangani et al., 2015) [28] | 1 | 0 | CD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 1 | NA | 1 | NA | NA | NA | 3/9 = 33% | Poor |
| (Sburlea et al., 2015) [29] | 1 | 0 | CD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 0 | 1 | 1 | NA | 1 | 1 | 5/12 = 42% | Good |
Questions were assessed based on the NIH Study Quality Assessment Tools (https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/study-quality-assessment-tools)
CD cannot determine, NA not applicable, 1: Yes, for the given question, 0: No, for the given question
*Independent measure (gait speed) was consistently applied within the stroke group but not between stroke and healthy older adults. Healthy older adults were asked to walk at their comfortable speed while stroke participants were asked to walk at their fast, comfortable speed
**Details obtained through Mitchell et al. 2019 [44]