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Potempa 1995 (Continued)
All participants aged 43 to 70 years and were 216 days post-stroke (SD 43)
All participants had upper and lower limb hemiparesis
Inclusion criteria: medically stable; at least 6 months post-stroke; completed formal rehabilitation
Exclusion criteria: patients with brain stem lesions; any clinical evidence that would preclude
maximal exercise testing
Interventions Intervention: cardiorespiratory training: cycle ergometer training for 30 minutes per day 3
days per week for 10 weeks; intensity 30% to 50% of maximal effort increasing to maximum
sustainable over first 4 weeks
Control: non-exercise intervention: passive range of motion exercises for 30 minutes per
day 3 days per week for 10 weeks
Setting: unknown
Outcomes Included outcomes: blood pressure; maximum cycling work rate (Watts)
Other outcomes: BMI; heart rate at rest and during maximal exercise; respiratory exchange
rate and other respiratory variables; exercise duration; Fugl Meyer score
Notes Variance reported as standard error and converted to standard deviation
Risk of bias
Bias Authors’ judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported
Richards 1993
Methods Design: randomised trial of mixed training plus usual care versus usual care - during usual
care
Randomisation mechanism: unknown; method: stratified on BI scores
Allocation concealment: unknown
Blinding: investigator; efficacy unknown
Intention-to-treat: no
Measurements: end of intervention (5 weeks)
Withdrawals: control group 3 (1 refusal, 2 unknown)
Participants Randomised: 18 participants
Intervention: 10 participants; 5 males and 5 females; age 69.6 years (SD 7.4 years); 8.3
days post-stroke (SD 1.4)
Control: 8 participants; 2 males and 6 females; age 67.3 years (SD 11.2); 8.8 days poststroke
(SD 1.5)
Inclusion criteria: within 50 km of treatment centre; males and females aged 40 to 80 years;
0 to 7 days after first stroke; middle cerebral artery syndrome identified by CT; under care
of neurologist involved in study; willing to sign informed consent
Exclusion criteria: other major medical conditions that would interfere with functional
capacity or interfere with rehabilitation; patients who were independently ambulatory 1
week after stroke; patients who were unconscious at onset
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