1. Intervention regimens by study.
Study | Minutes per session | Session frequency | Duration of rehabilitation |
Abdullahi 2018 | Not controlled (control received half the number of repetitions to the intervention group) |
5 days per week | 4 weeks |
Ada 2013 | 30 | 3 × weekly | 8 weeks (control) 16 weeks (intervention) |
Burgar 2011 | 60 | Up to 15 over 3 weeks (control) Up to 30 over 3 weeks (intervention) |
3 weeks |
Cooke 2010b | 23 (control) 57.5 (intervention) |
4 days per week | 6 weeks |
Donaldson 2009 | 6.4 (control) 36.4 (intervention) |
4 days per week | 6 weeks |
Dromerick 2009 | 120 (control) 180 (intervention) |
5 days per week | 2 weeks |
English 2015 | Up to 90 | 5 days per week (control) 7 days per week (intervention) | 4 weeks |
GAPS 2004 | 35 (control) 63 (intervention) |
5 days per week | Uncontrolled |
Han 2013a | 60 (control) 120 (intervention 1) 180 (intervention 2) |
5 days per week | 6 weeks |
Hsieh 2012 | Not controlled (control received half the number of repetitions to the intervention group) |
5 days per week | 4 weeks |
Hsu 2010 | 30 (control) 60 (intervention) |
5 days per week | 4 weeks |
Hunter 2011a | 30 (control) 60 (intervention 1) 120 (intervention 2) |
7 days per week | 2 weeks |
Kowalczewski 2007 | 60 | 1 day per week (control) 5 days per week (intervention) |
3–4 weeks |
Lang 2016a | 25.5 (control) 37.5 (intervention 1) 49.3 (intervention 2) 54.7 (intervention 3) |
4 days per week | 8 weeks (control, intervention 1 and 2) 9 weeks (median – intervention group 3) |
Lincoln 1999 | 30–45 (control) 54–69 (intervention) |
5 days per week | 5 weeks |
Page 2012a | 30 (control) 60 (intervention 1) 120 (intervention 2) |
5 days per week | 8 weeks |
Partridge 2000 | 30 (control) 60 (intervention) |
5 days per week | Uncontrolled |
Smith 1981 | 3 half‐days 4 full days |
3 days per week (control) 4 days per week (intervention) |
Up to 6 months |
Tong 2019 | < 90 (control) > 180 (intervention) |
7 days per week | 10–14 days |
Wang 2004 | 40 (control) 40 (intervention) |
2 sessions per day, 5 days per week in the first month, 3 days per week thereafter (control) 2 sessions per day, 5 days per week in the first month, 1 or 2 sessions per day, 5 days per week thereafter (intervention) |
6 months |
Winstein 2019a | 60 (control) 120 (intervention 1) 240 (intervention 2) |
5 days per week (for 1 week in every month) | 3 months |