“…29,31,33,37,38,40,41,43,45,46,49,52,53,55 Additionally, the absence of follow-up did not allow assessment of long-term retention of functional improvement in patients after rehabilitation. 28,31,[34][35][36][37]41,43,44,46,47,49,53,55 A number of studies reported difficulties with generalisation of the outcomes due to specific pre-selection criteria 32,36,38,47,48,51 or because they included patients with a distinct level of functional impairment and time post ictus. 29,31,32,39,41,52 Another complication to the interpretation of the MT effectiveness was that three studies observed a difference in baseline measurements between the experimental and control groups.…”