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. 2020 Sep 24;2020(9):CD013019. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013019.pub2

Lee 2010.

Study characteristics
Methods RCT
Participants Participant recruitment methods were not reported
Sample size: 21
Inclusion criteria: participants with Korean Mental State Examination of 21 or more points; who can walk for 10 minutes or more independently; does not take the medication that affects balance; no visual defects and agrees to participate in the study after explaining the purpose
Exclusion criteria: not reported by study authors
Mean (SD) age: experimental group: 61.45 (SD 4.23) years, control group: 61.70 (SD 3.27) years
Stroke details: not reported by study authors
Stroke phase: chronic
Interventions Imagination training group (experimental group): 1 hour for functional training + 30 minutes for imagination training
Functional training group (control group): 1 hour for functional training
Outcomes Outcomes recorded before and after treatment
Walking speed: GaitRite
Functional mobility: Timed Up and Go Test
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) High risk Quote: “The 21 patients selected were randomly selected as an imaginative training group and functional exercise group, with 11 and 10 patients.”
Allocation concealment (selection bias) High risk Not reported
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes High risk Participants not blinded. Personnel not blinded
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes High risk Outcome assessment not blinded
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk Quote: “Twenty‐one patients who failed to walk for more than 10 minutes and two patients treated in other medical devices were selected and participated in this study.”
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Not clear
Other bias Low risk None detected