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Richards 2004 (Continued)<br />

achieved via velocity and resistance (Kinetron) increments<br />

Control: physiotherapy sessions of 60 minutes per day 5 days per week <strong>for</strong> 8 weeks not<br />

including the task-oriented gait <strong>training</strong> content above<br />

Setting: 2 rehabilitation units<br />

Outcomes Included outcomes: preferred walking speed; TUG; BI (ambulation subscore); BBS<br />

Other outcomes: kinematic gait analysis weakened by missing data in 50% participants;<br />

Fugl-Meyer leg and arm scores<br />

Notes A second control group of conventional therapy was not used <strong>for</strong> comparison since (1) it<br />

was much shorter in duration, and (2) started later than the <strong>training</strong> intervention.<br />

Outcome data imputed from graphs in publication<br />

Risk of bias<br />

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

Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported<br />

Salbach 2004<br />

Methods Design: randomised trial of cardiorespiratory <strong>training</strong> versus non-exercise intervention -<br />

after usual care<br />

Randomisation mechanism: computer; method: stratified on gait speed<br />

Allocation concealment: unknown<br />

Blinding: investigator blinded (unblinded during assessment of intervention group 18/42<br />

and control group 16/43)<br />

Intention-to-treat: yes<br />

Measurements: end of intervention (6 weeks)<br />

Withdrawals: intervention: 3 discontinued (refused to travel, wanted both interventions,<br />

groin pain) with 2 of these lost to follow-up; control: 4 discontinued (MI, prostate cancer,<br />

fall + fracture, wanted other intervention) with 3 of these lost to follow-up<br />

Participants Randomised: 91 participants<br />

Intervention: 44 participants; 26 males and 18 females; age 71 years (SD 12); 239 days<br />

post-<strong>stroke</strong> (SD 83)<br />

Control: 47 participants; 30 males and 17 females; age 73 years (SD 8); 217 days post<strong>stroke</strong><br />

(SD 73)<br />

Inclusion criteria: first or recurrent <strong>stroke</strong>; gait deficit from recent <strong>stroke</strong>; mental competency;<br />

independently ambulatory <strong>for</strong> 10-metres +/- aids or supervision; ability to comprehend<br />

instructions; resident in community; discharged from rehabilitation; recent <strong>stroke</strong> 1<br />

year or less<br />

Exclusion criteria: neurological deficit caused by metastatic disease; gait function (6MWT)<br />

equivalent to healthy norms; discharged to permanent care; comorbidity preventing participation<br />

in either intervention<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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