Table 1.
Search strategy
| PubMed |
| #1 “Stroke”[MeSH Terms] |
| #2 “Cerebral hemorrhage”[MeSH Terms] |
| #3 (Cerebral hemorrhage[Tiab]) OR (Cerebral hemorrhages[Tiab]) OR (Cerebral haemorrhage[Tiab]) OR (Cerebral haemorrhages[Tiab]) OR (Cerebral hemorrhagic[Tiab]) OR (Cerebrovascular accident[Tiab]) OR CVA OR (Cerebrovascular disease [Tiab]) |
| #4 “Brain ischemia”[MeSH Terms] |
| #5 (Brain ischemia [Tiab]) OR (Brain ischaemia [Tiab]) |
| #6 Paresis [MeSH Terms] |
| #7 Plegia [Mesh] |
| #8 (hemiplegia [Tiab]) |
| #9 #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8 |
| #10 Robotics [Mesh] OR “Exoskeleton Device”[Mesh] |
| #11 robot*[tiab] OR “robot assisted”[tiab] OR exoskelet*[tiab] OR “end effector*”[tiab] OR electromechani*[tiab] OR electro-mechani*[tiab] |
| #12 #10 OR #11 |
| #13 “Upper Extremity”[Mesh] OR “Shoulder”[Mesh] OR “Arm”[Mesh] OR “Elbow”[Mesh] OR “Forearm”[Mesh] OR “Wrist”[Mesh] OR “Hand”[Mesh] |
| #14 “upper extremity”[tiab] OR “upper limb”[tiab] OR shoulder[tiab] OR arm[tiab] OR elbow[tiab] OR forearm[tiab] OR wrist[tiab] OR hand[tiab] OR finger*[tiab] |
| #15 #13 OR #14 |
| #16 “randomized controlled trial”[pt] |
| #17 “controlled clinical trial”[pt] |
| #18 randomized[tiab] |
| #19 placebo[tiab] |
| #20 “clinical trials as topic”[mesh: noexp] |
| #21 “randomly”[tiab] |
| #22 “trial”[ti] |
| #23 #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #19 OR #20 OR #21 OR #22 |
| #24 animals [mh] NOT humans [mh] |
| #25 #23 NOT #24 |
| #26 #9 AND #12 AND #15 AND #25 |
| Web of Science |
| #1 TS=(stroke OR CVA OR “cerebrovascular disease” OR “cerebrovascular accident” OR hemiparesis OR hemiplegia OR paresis) OR TI=(stroke OR CVA OR “cerebrovascular disease” OR “cerebrovascular accident” OR hemiparesis OR hemiplegia OR paresis) OR AB=(stroke OR CVA OR “cerebrovascular disease” OR “cerebrovascular accident” OR hemiparesis OR hemiplegia OR paresis) |
| #2 TS=(“upper limb” OR “upper extremity” OR arm OR forearm OR wrist OR finger OR hand) OR TI=(“upper limb” OR “upper extremity” OR arm OR forearm OR wrist OR finger OR hand) OR AB=(“upper limb” OR “upper extremity” OR arm OR forearm OR wrist OR finger OR hand) |
| #3 TS=(random* OR randomized OR “randomized controlled trial” OR RCT) OR TI=(random* OR randomized OR “randomized controlled trial” OR RCT) OR AB=(random* OR randomized OR “randomized controlled trial” OR RCT) |
| #4 TS=(robot* OR orthos* OR orthotic* OR automat* OR “computer aided” OR “Computer assisted” OR device* OR electromechanical OR electromechanical OR mechanical OR mechanised OR mechanized OR driven) OR TI=(robot* OR orthos* OR orthotic* OR automat* OR “computer aided” OR “Computer assisted” OR device* OR electromechanical OR electromechanical OR mechanical OR mechanised OR mechanized OR driven) OR AB=(robot* OR orthos* OR orthotic* OR automat* OR “computer aided” OR “Computer assisted” OR device* OR electromechanical OR electromechanical OR mechanical OR mechanised OR mechanized OR driven) |
| #5 TS = Rehab* OR AB = rehab* OR TI = rehab* |
| #6 #1 AND #2 AND #3 AND #4 AND #5 |