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

Hsieh 2011.

Methods Pilot RCT
Participants 18 participants in 3 study groups
All participants were > 6 months poststroke
Recruited from 3 medical centres in Taiwan
Interventions High‐intensity RT: using the robot‐assisted arm trainer, Bi‐Manu‐Track, participants practiced 600–800 repetitions of mode 1 for 15 minutes, 600–800 repetitions of mode 2 for 15–20 minutes, and 150–200 repetitions of mode 3 for 5 minutes for forearm and wrist movements
Low‐intensity RT: intervention for this group was the same as for the high‐intensity group, but half the number of repetitions were practiced
Control: structured protocol of conventional occupational therapy
All participants received training sessions (90–105 minutes per day, 5 days per week for 4 weeks)
Outcomes Fugl Meyer Assessment Upper Extremity Subscale 
Medical Research Council Scale
Motor Activity Log
ABILHAND scale
Urinary 8‐hydroxydeoxyguanosine
General subscale of the Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory
Assessments were administered before and after treatment
Notes Unable to include as it appears that the recruitment dates of this study may cross with the study described in Hsieh 2012. We are waiting for confirmation from the authors regarding whether there was any participant overlap between these 2 studies