TABLE 3.
Summary of GRADE findings.
| Certainty assessment |
No. of patients |
Certainty | Importance | |||||||||
| Outcomes | Stimulation timing | No. of studies | Study design | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other considerations | Intervention group | Control group | ||
| 10 MWT | Online | 3 | RCT | Seriousa | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | None | 36 | 37 | ⊕⊕⊕◯ Moderate | Important |
| Offline | 2 | RCT | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Seriousf | None | 32 | 30 | ⊕⊕⊕◯ Moderate | Important | |
| Total | 5 | RCT | Seriousa | Not serious | Not serious | Seriousf | None | 68 | 67 | ⊕⊕◯◯ Low | Important | |
| 6 MWT | Online | 2 | RCT | Seriousb | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | None | 20 | 20 | ⊕⊕⊕◯ Moderate | Important |
| Offline | 2 | RCT | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Seriousf | None | 32 | 30 | ⊕⊕⊕◯ Moderate | Important | |
| Total | 4 | RCT | Seriousb | Seriousc | Not serious | Seriousf | None | 52 | 50 | ⊕◯◯◯ Very low | Important | |
| FAC | Online | 1 | RCT | Seriousb | N.A. | Not serious | Not serious | None | 10 | 10 | N.A. | Important |
| Offline | 1 | RCT | Not serious | N.A. | Not serious | Not serisous | None | 11 | 10 | N.A. | Important | |
| Total | 2 | RCT | Seriousb | Seriousd | Not serious | Seriousf | None | 21 | 20 | ⊕◯◯◯ Very low | Important | |
| Gait analysis (cadence) | Online | 2 | RCT | Seriousb | Seriouse | Not serious | Seriousf | None | 20 | 20 | ⊕◯◯◯ Very low | Important |
| Offline | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 2 | RCT | Seriousb | Seriouse | Not serious | Seriousf | None | 20 | 20 | ⊕◯◯◯ Very low | Important | |
| TUGT | Online | 1 | RCT | Seriousb | N.A. | Not serious | Seriousf | None | 15 | 15 | N.A. | Important |
| Offline | 1 | RCT | Not serious | N.A. | Not serious | Seriousf | None | 21 | 20 | N.A. | Important | |
| Total | 2 | RCT | Seriousb | Not serious | Not serious | Seriousf | None | 36 | 35 | ⊕⊕◯◯ Low | Important | |
N.A.: Not applicable, 10 MWT: 10-m walking test, 6 MWT: 6-min walking test, FAC: Functional ambulation category, TUGT: Timed up and go test, RCT: Randomized controlled trial.
aIndicating three studies with moderate risk of bias, bIndicating one study with moderate risk of bias, cI2 = 72%, dI2 = 87%, eI2 = 73%, and fWide 95% confidence interval.