Table 1 Demographics and Baseline characteristics for participants analyzed the studies^a

No. of participants

16

14

Age (y)

60.6 (5.5)

60.1 (5.8)

Sex (men:women)

12:4

12:2

Height (m)

1.65 (0.08)

1.64 (0.07)

Weight (kg)

65.7 (9.9)

62.8 (10.5)

Affected side (left:right)

8:8

7:7

Stroke type (ischemic:hemorrhagic)

11:5

11:3

Duration of stroke (years)

7.4 (4.1)

6.4 (4.5)

Fall in the past 3 months (no. of participants)

6/16

5/14

Mini-Mental-Status-Examination Score (out of 30)

27.8 (2.7)

27.5 (2.7)

Motivation for training (1–6 Likert Scale)

5.4 (0.5)

5.0 (0.7)

Activities Balance Confidence Scale (%)

74.2 (11.4)

67.5 (20.0)

Barthel Index for Activities of Daily Living Scale (out of 20)

19.6 (0.5)

19.3 (1.3)

Berg Balance Scale (out of 56)

49.1 (1.6)

48.6 (2.6)

Timed-Up-and-Go (s)

14.7 (3.4)

18.2 (7.57)

Fugl-Meyer Assessment Score (out of 100)

60.6 (18.2)

58.6 (16.4)