First author (country) | RCT design | Sample size (n) | Mean age (years) | Gender (n) | Topographic distribution (n) | GMFCS I/II/III (n) | Baseline PROM of ankle DF with KE (mean of degrees) |
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Baker et al. [27] (Northern Ireland) | Parallel | 125 | 5.34 | M = 67 F = 58 | Diplegia = 125 | N.A | 10.38 |
Bottos et al. [28] (Italy) | Parallel | 10 | 6.4 | M = 7 M = 3 | N.A | N.A | N.A |
Buckon et al. [29] (USA) | Crossover | 16 | 8.4 | M = 10 F = 6 | N.A | I = 4/II = 12 | N.A |
Corry et al. [9] (Northern Ireland) | Parallel | 20 | 4.6 | N.A | Hemiplegia = 8 Diplegia = 11 Quadriplegia = 1 | N.A | − 1.25 |
Dalvand et al. [30] (Iran) | Parallel | 30 | 6.03 | M = 13 F = 17 | Diplegia = 30 | I = 12/II = 13/III = 5 | N.A |
Dursun et al. [13] (Turkey) | Parallel | 35 | 9 | M = 28 F = 7 | Hemiplegia = 6 Diplegia = 29 | N.A | N.A |
Dursun et al. [31] (Turkey) | Parallel | 51 | 6.4 | M = 32 F = 29 | Hemiplegia = 14 Diplegia = 37 | I = 11/II = 25/III = 15 | 10.33 |
El-Etribi et al. [20] (Eqypt) | Parallel | 40 | 3.6 | N.A | N.A | N.A | (17.3) |
Flett et al. [10] (Australia) | Parallel | 18 | 3.7 | M = 11 F = 7 | Hemiplegia = 5 Diplegia = 10 Triplegia = 1 Quadriplegia = 2 | N.A | 7.04 |
Hayek et al. [32] (Israel) | Parallel | 20 | 3.9 | M = 11 F = 9 | Hemiplegia = 10 Diplegia = 10 | I = 12/II = 5/III = 3 | 5.8 |
Koman et al. [7] ( USA) | Parallel | 12 | 4-11a | N.A | Hemiplegia = 4 Diplegia = 8 | N.A | N.A |
Koman et al. [23] ( USA) | Parallel | 114 | 2–16 a | N.A | Hemiplegia = 32 Diplegia = 182 | N.A | N.A |
Mass et al. [21] (Netherlands) | Parallel | 19 | 8.89 | M = 12 F = 7 | Hemiplegia = 9 Diplegia = 10 | I = 10/II = 7/III = 2 | N.A |
Radtka et al. [33] ( USA) | Crossover | 10 | 6.5 | M = 6 F = 4 | Hemiplegia = 4 Diplegia = 6 | N.A |  ≥ 5* |
Radtka et al. [34] ( USA) | Crossover | 12 | 7.5 | M = 6 F = 6 | N.A | N.A |  ≥ 5* |
Rethlefsen et al. [35] ( USA) | Crossover | 21 | 9.1 | M = 13 F = 8 | Diplegia = 21 | N.A |  ≥ 5* |
Sutherland et al. [12] ( USA) | Parallel | 20 | 6.1 | M = 16 F = 4 | Hemiplegia = 10 Diplegia = 9 Quadriplegia = 1 | N.A |  ≥ 0 |
Ubhi et al. [11] (England) | Parallel | 40 | 7.43 | M = 23 F = 17 | Hemiplegia = 12 Diplegia = 28 | N.A | − 17.51 |
Xu et al. [36] ( China) | Parallel | 65 | 4.6 | M = 44 F = 21 | N.A | I = 24/II = 41 | − 8.2 |
Yigitoglu et al. [37] (Turkey) | Parallel | 38 | 6.3 | M = 19 F = 19 | Diplegia = 38 | I = 9/II = 9/III = 20 | N.A |