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Table 1 Eligibility criteria for screened references

From: The effect of rehabilitation interventions on physical function and immobility-related complications in severe stroke—protocol for a systematic review

Study design

Randomised controlled trial (controlled trial)

Report characteristics

Full article

Publication date January 1987 to July 2017

Participants

Adult humans and any of the following:

 • Severe stroke (measured using a recognised stroke-specific health measure, disability measure, functional measure)

 • Stroke with stroke severity subsets reported (at least 2 subsets with 1 subset identified as severe stroke)

Interventions

Any of the following:

 • Passive intervention (e.g. positioning, stretching programme, manual technique)

 • Active rehabilitation task (e.g. active or strengthening exercise, functional task practice)

 • Adjunctive therapies (e.g. electrical stimulation, treadmill training, robotics)

 • Aid or equipment (e.g. splint, wheelchair)

 • Environmental adaptation

 • Training and education (to carers or other health-care professionals)

Provided by any of the following:

 • Physiotherapist, occupational therapist, nurse

 • Support or assistant staff of the above professions

 • Paid or unpaid carer

Comparator

Any of the following:

 • Any rehabilitation intervention

 • No intervention

 • Usual care

Outcomes

Any of the following:

 • Measure of body function, activity or participation

 • Immobility-related complication (any of the following): contracture, pressure sore, spasticity, chest infection, urinary tract infection, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, fall, pain, shoulder pain, fatigue, depression

Include outcomes measured by direct observation by health-care professionals as well as proxy reports by carers/patients