Effects on walking performance and lower body strength by short message service guided training after stroke or transient ischemic attack (The STROKEWALK Study): a randomized controlled trial.

"Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article."

"Funding: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The present study was funded by the Medical faculty at Uppsala University, the Swedish Stroke Association (STROKE-Riksförbundet), the Uppsala County Council in Sweden, and the Swedish Associations of Physiotherapists, Neurology."

"The STROKEWALK Study was a single-centre, parallel-group, randomised controlled non-blinded clinical trial performed at the stroke-unit at the Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden. The study was performed according to the Helsinki declaration andethical approval was obtained from the regional Ethical Review Board of Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden: Dnr: 2015/550. The study was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT 02902367). All participants provided written informed consent. Full details about the study protocol (design, recruitment, and intervention) have been described in detail elsewhere. Recruitment started November 1 2016, and ended September 18 2018, when the target number of participants was reached.Thelast three-month follow-up examination was performed December 19 2018. The present study was supported by grants from the Medical faculty at Uppsala University, Swedish Stroke Association (STROKE-Riksförbundet), the Uppsala County Council and the Swedish Association of Physiotherapists, Neurology. Clinical Trial Registry:: The study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT02902367."