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Table 1 Description of studies on upper limb rehabilitation (First part)

From: Action observation training for rehabilitation in brain injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author

CEBM level

PEDro Score

Diagnosis

Sample size

Duration (wks)

Intensity (Frequency per week, Minutes/day)

Enrolled: tot;

Age (Mean +/− standard deviation) years

Buccino G. et al.; 2018 [20]

1b

9/10

CP

18

5 to 11

3

5 session per week, 30 min each session

Fu J et al.; 2017 [21]

1b

7/10

Sub-acute stroke

53

62.04 +/−  9.93 (AOT group); 59.76 +/−  10.57 (control group)

8

6 times/week, 20 min/day

Kirkpatrick E et al.; 2016 [22]

2b

6/10

UCP

70

3 to 10

12

5 sessions per week, 15 min each session

Kim CH et al.; 2016 [23]

1b

9/10

Sub-acute stroke

22

62.78 +/− 9.85 (AOT group); 61.49 +/− 8.64 (control group)

4

5 times/week, 40 min/day

Zhu M-H et al.; 2015 [1]

1b

7/10

Stroke

61

42–75

8

6 times/week, 30 min/day

Kim E et al.; 2015 [24]

2b

3/10

Stroke

12

n.s.

6

5 sessions per week, 30 min per day

Kim E et al.; 2015 [25]

2b

3/10

Stroke

12

n.s.

6

5 sessions per week, 30 min per session

Sale P et al.;2014 [26]

1b

8/10

Subacute ischaemic stroke

67

66.50 ± 12.70

4

5 days/week, two 15-min daily session at least 60-min interval apart

Sgandurra G et al.; 2013 [5]

1b

8/10

UCP

24

5–15

3

15 consecutive working days, 60-min (including the rest periods) rehabilitation sessions

Lee D et al.; 2013 [27]

2b

5/10

Chronic stroke

33

63 ± 3.70 (Observation)

62 ± 1.50 (Action practice)

61 ± 2.30 (Combined)

60 ± 5.90 (control)

3

5 sessions per week, 10-min / day

Cowles T et al.; 2013 [28]

1b

7/10

Early after stroke

29

60–89

3

Each day for 15 working days, two 30 min sessions (approximately 6- to 8-min periods divided by 2 to 4 min of resting), separated by a 10 min rest

Buccino G et al.;2012 [3]

1b

7/10

CP (12 UCP 3 bilateral CP)

15

mean age = 6.80

3

5 times per week, 15 min/day

Franceschini M. et al.;2012 [29]

1b

7/10

Stroke

102

n.s.

4

5 sessions per week; 20 sessions (15 min =3 min sequence observations and 2 min action performances for 3 sequences); each session repeated twice a day, at least 60 min

Ertelt D. et al.; 2007 [6]

2b

6/10

Stroke

16

38–69

4

18 consecutive working days, 18 sessions of 90 min each

  1. n.s. Not specified, CP Cerebral palsy, UCP Unilateral cerebral palsy