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 |
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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 |
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Outcomes | Outcomes recorded before and after treatment Walking speed: GaitRite Functional mobility: Timed Up and Go Test |
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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 |