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. 2021 Oct 25;2021(10):CD012612. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012612.pub2

Abdullahi 2018.

Study characteristics
Methods RCT
Random sampling
mCIMT
4 groups with group 3 and group 4 receiving 300 or 600 repetitions rather than 3 hours of mCIMT (group 2) or 3 hours traditional therapy (group 1)
5 tasks chosen were each practised either 20 or 40 times
Participants blinded to what others did and asked not to discuss
Participants 48 participants in 4 study groups (only 2 groups met the criteria for this Cochrane Review)
300 reps group: n = 12; mean age 59 (SD 14) years; mean 22 (SD 6) days poststroke
600 reps group: n = 11; mean age 58 (SD 10) years; mean 14 (SD 7) days poststroke
No differences on these or other characteristics
Interventions Intervention was mCIMT. The 300 reps group received 300 repetitions of shaping practice in 3 sessions per day (100 repetitions per session) and constraint for 90% of the waking hours. The 600 reps group received 600 repetitions of shaping practice in 3 sessions per day (200 repetitions per session) and constraint for 90% of the waking hours
Treatment was 5 days per week for 4 weeks
We do not know exactly how long this intervention took, as this was not measured in the study, but presumably the 600 group was approximately double the time of the 300 group
Outcomes Motor function subscale of the upper limb FMA
WMFT
Motor Activity Log
UPSET
Measurements were performed at baseline, 2 weeks, and 4 weeks after intervention
Notes For the purpose of the Cochrane Review, we only compared 2 of the 4 groups included in this study
Conflict of interest:  author stated no conflict of interest
Funding:  source unknown