Motor neuroprosthesis for promoting recovery of function after stroke
Appendices
Appendix 1. MEDLINE search strategy
MEDLINE (Ovid) search strategy (from 1946)
1. cerebrovascular disorders/ or basal ganglia cerebrovascular disease/ or exp brain ischemia/ or exp carotid artery diseases/ or exp cerebral small vessel diseases/ or exp intracranial arterial diseases/ or exp "intracranial embolism and thrombosis"/ or exp intracranial hemorrhages/ or stroke/ or exp brain infarction/ or stroke, lacunar/ or vasospasm, intracranial/ or vertebral artery dissection/
2. (stroke$ or poststroke or apoplex$ or cerebral vasc$ or brain vasc$ or cerebrovasc$ or cva$ or SAH).tw.
3. ((brain$ or cerebr$ or cerebell$ or vertebrobasil$ or hemispher$ or intracran$ or intracerebral or infratentorial or supratentorial or middle cerebral artery or MCA$ or anterior circulation or posterior circulation or basilar artery or vertebral artery or space‐occupying) adj5 (isch?emi$ or infarct$ or thrombo$ or emboli$ or occlus$ or hypoxi$)).tw.
4. ((brain$ or cerebr$ or cerebell$ or intracerebral or intracran$ or parenchymal or intraparenchymal or intraventricular or infratentorial or supratentorial or basal gangli$ or putaminal or putamen or posterior fossa or hemispher$ or subarachnoid) adj5 (h?emorrhag$ or h? ematoma$ or bleed$)).tw.
5. hemiplegia/ or exp paresis/ or exp Gait Disorders, Neurologic/
6. (hemipleg$ or hemipar$ or paresis or paraparesis or paretic).tw.
7. or/1‐6
8. exp Electric Stimulation/
9. Electric Stimulation Therapy/
10. electrodes/ or electrodes, implanted/ or exp implantable neurostimulators/ or ion‐selective electrodes/ or microelectrodes/
11. Signal Processing, Computer‐Assisted/
12. man‐machine systems/ or user‐computer interface/
13. electromyography/
14. (neuroprosthes$ or neuroprosthetic$).tw.
15. ((neuro$ or neural$ or nervous or sensor$ or electrod$) adj3 (prosthes$ or prosthetic$ or devic$ or technolog$ or implant$ or implant$ or interface)).tw.
16. (neurostim$ or electroneurostim$ or electrostim$).tw.
17. ((electric$ or nerv$ or neuro$) adj3 stimul$).tw.
18. ((electromyography or emg) adj3 trigger$).tw.
19. (foot drop adj3 stimulat$).tw.
20. or/8‐19
21. randomized controlled trial.pt.
22. controlled clinical trial.pt.
23. randomized.ab.
24. placebo.ab.
25. randomly.ab.
26. trial.ab.
27. groups.ab.
28. or/21‐27
29. 7 and 20 and 28
| Motor neuroprosthesis for promoting recovery of function after stroke Participants or population: people with stroke Setting: community or home setting Intervention: motor neuroprosthesis Comparison: no treatment | ||||||
| Outcomes | Illustrative comparative risks (95% CI) | Relative effect (95% CI) | No of participants (studies) | Quality of the evidence (GRADE) | Comments | |
| Assumed risk No treatment | Corresponding Motor prosthesis | |||||
| Independence in activities of daily living | ||||||
| Activities involving limbs | ||||||
| Participation | ||||||
| Exercise capacity | ||||||
| Balance | ||||||
| Adverse events | ||||||
| CI: confidence interval | ||||||
