Page 2012b.

Study characteristics
Methods	RCT Power analysis undertaken Recruitment via adverts 2 baselines Randomisation from computer‐generated random numbers table (concealed envelope). 4 groups (3  different amounts of intervention and a home exercise group) Education Session COPM and H200 fitted For this Cochrane Review, we excluded the group who only received a home exercise programme
Participants	36 participants in 4 study arms. 4 participants did not complete, so analysis is of 32 30 minutes per day: n = 9 60 minutes per day: n = 8 120 minutes per day: n = 8 Overall characteristics: mean age 57.6 years; age range 38–75 years; 15 men; mean 53.8 months poststroke; range of onset: 7–324 months; 19 participants exhibiting left‐sided lesions Outpatient setting
Interventions	Intervention was RTP with ESN The participant carried out most of the intervention. However, they did also participate in a 30‐minute, 1‐hour, or 2‐hour home‐based therapy session (based on their group allocation) and subsequent therapy session for 30 minutes × 2 days per week, every other week, during the intervention phase of the study The groups received: RTP and ESN for 30 minutes per day RTP and ESN for 60 minutes per day RTP and ESN for 120 minutes per day All intervention was undertaken every weekday for 8 weeks
Outcomes	FMA Upper Extremity section AMAT Box and Blocks ARAT Measurements taken 1 week before and 1 week after the period of intervention Only within‐group analysis reported
Notes	Page 2012b reports the following pair‐wise comparison from this study: 30 minutes group (n = 4) vs 120 minutes group (n = 8) Conflicts of interest: none Funding: award from the American Heart Association.