“…25,30,33,50 Eleven studies presented the modified Rankin Scale (mRS). 13, 24, 27, 29, 32, 35-38, 43, 46 Moreover, the majority of participants were recruited within 6 to 72 hours from stroke onset, 2, 12, 13, 24-27, 29, 34-40, 42, 43, 45-47, 49, 51 including within 48 hours (n = 8), 2, 25, 34-36, 39, 47, 49 five studies assessed dCA at 72 hours, 24,29,40,45,51 twenty-four hours were studied in four studies, 37,42,43,46 three studies examined dCA between 30 to 37 hours, 12,13,38 dCA was assessed at 6 hours (n = 2), 26,27 one study assessed between onset to 16 days, 52 other three studies recruited participants after first week of stroke onset 32,33,48 and one study examined recovery at 6 months. 49 The location of the lesion was identified in the MCA (n = 13), 23, 26-28, 33-37, 40, 41, 49, 51 posterior cerebral artery (n = 3), 31,32,49 and anterior cerebral artery territories (n = 3), 2, 25, 52 though eight studies did not specify the precise localization of the lesion.…”