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Duncan 1998<br />

Methods Design: randomised trial of mix <strong>training</strong> versus usual care - after usual care (outpatient)<br />

Randomisation mechanism: unknown; method: blocks of 10<br />

Allocation concealment: third-party involvement<br />

Blinding: unclear<br />

Intention-to-treat: yes<br />

Measurements: end of intervention (12 weeks)<br />

Withdrawals: none<br />

Participants Randomised: 20 participants<br />

Intervention: 10 participants; number of males and females unknown; age 67.3 years (SD<br />

9.6); 66 days post-<strong>stroke</strong><br />

Control: 10 participants; number of males and females unknown; age 67.8 years (SD 7.2)<br />

; 56 days post-<strong>stroke</strong><br />

Inclusion criteria: 30 to 90 days post-<strong>stroke</strong>; minimal/moderately impaired sensorimotor<br />

function; available to attend all <strong>training</strong> sessions; ambulatory with or without supervision<br />

or walking aids; living at home within 50 miles<br />

Exclusion criteria: medical condition which compromised outcome assessment or prevented<br />

<strong>fitness</strong> <strong>training</strong>; MMSE score < 18 or receptive aphasia<br />

Interventions Intervention: mixed <strong>training</strong>, per<strong>for</strong>med approximately 90 minutes/day 3 days/week <strong>for</strong><br />

12 weeks (8 weeks supervised 1:1 with therapist and 4 weeks alone), functional exercises<br />

comprising assistive/resistive exercise, balance exercises, upper limb functional activities,<br />

walking or cycling; apart from some resisted exercise the <strong>training</strong> intensity was not quantified<br />

Control: usual outpatient care, physical and occupational therapy as advised by the patient’s<br />

physician, averaging 44 minutes per day, 3.25 days per week <strong>for</strong> 12 weeks, therapeutic<br />

interventions were during home or outpatient visits and comprised balance <strong>training</strong> (60%)<br />

, strength <strong>training</strong> (40%), bimanual activities (50%) and facilitative exercise (30%); cardiorespiratory<br />

<strong>training</strong> was not provided (0%)<br />

Setting: home-based, therapist-supervised <strong>for</strong> first 8 weeks<br />

Outcomes Included outcomes: BI; Lawton Activities of Daily Living; gait endurance (6MWT); BBS;<br />

gait preferred speed (data lack variance measures)<br />

Other outcomes: SF-36 (non-standard pooling of data), Jebsen Hand Test; Fugl Meyer<br />

(upper and lower extremity)<br />

Notes<br />

Risk of bias<br />

Bias Authors’ judgement Support <strong>for</strong> judgement<br />

Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Third-party involvement<br />

<strong>Physical</strong> <strong>fitness</strong> <strong>training</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>stroke</strong> <strong>patients</strong> (<strong>Review</strong>)<br />

Copyright © 2011 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<br />

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