Authors' Contributions
stroke, depression, HAMD, Stroke
STROKE, STROKE
Qian Duan and Wenying Liu contributed equally to this work. Jie Shen conceived, designed, and managed the study. Qian Duan managed the funding. Qian Duan and Jinhui Yang searched the literature. Qian Duan, Wenying Liu, and Ben Huang collected the baseline data. Qian Duan and Ben Huang collected the follow-up data. Qian Duan and Jinhui Yang analyzed the data. Jinhui Yang and Wenying Liu drew the figures. Qian Duan, Wenying Liu, and Jie Shen wrote the main manuscript text, and all authors reviewed the manuscript.Flow diagram showing the number of records identified and the number of included/excluded studies according to the described evaluation criteria.Changes over time in lower limb function: (a) Fugl-Meyer motor score of the lower extremity; (b) Tinetti Gait Balance Scale; (c) timed up and go test; (d) ten-meter walking test and stroke scale assessment tests; (e) Hamilton depression scale; and (f) instrument ability to perform daily living score. Notes: these are in comparison with the baseline level. The black line (a, b, d, f) represents the third quartile. The black line (c, e) represents the standard error of the mean. T0: pretreatment assessment; T1: posttreatment immediately assessment; T2: assessment one month after the end of the treatment.Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics.Abbreviations: NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale. Two groups shared the same overall characteristics as listed without significant differences between the groups (The results of lower limb function (FMA-LE, 10MWT, TUGT, and Tinetti) and stroke scale assessment tests (HAMD and IADL).Abbreviations: FMA-LE: Fugl-Meyer motor score of the lower extremity; 10MWT: 10-minute walk test; TUGT: timed up and walk test; Tinetti: Tinetti gait balance scale; IADL: instrumental ability to perform daily living score; HAMD: Hamilton depression scale; IQR: interquartile range; SD: standard deviation; CI: confidence interval. 