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Trial reportInternational journal of rehabilitation research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue internationale de recherches de readaptation2016

Conflicting results of robot-assisted versus usual gait training during postacute rehabilitation of stroke patients: a randomized clinical trial.

Giovanni Taveggia, Alberto Borboni, Chiara Mulé, Jorge H Villafañe, Stefano Negrini

3 registry-linked trialsOpen access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in International journal of rehabilitation research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue internationale de recherches de readaptation, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 41 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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41citing papers in PubMed, 12 pooled it
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02735148 nacompletednot on this map

The Effects of Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training On Static And Dynamic Balance In Stroke Patients: A Randomized-Single Blind Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorIstanbul UniversityRan2014 to 2015Enrolled45ConditionsCerebrovascular Stroke, Cerebral Stroke, Cerebrovascular AccidentArmsBody Weight Supported Treadmill Training
NCT03688165 completednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

The Effects of Gait Rehabilitation Using Treadmill-based Robotics (Exoskeletons or End-effectors) Versus Traditional Physical Therapy in Stroke Survivors: a Multicenter Controlled Non-randomized Trial

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorIRCCS San Raffaele RomaRan2018 to 2022Enrolled87ConditionsStroke, Acute Stroke, Chronic StrokeArmsTreadmill-based Robotic Gait Training, Traditional Over-ground Gait Training
NCT03805009 nacompletednot on this map

Efficacy of End-Effector Robot-Assisted Gait Training in Subacute Stroke Patients: Clinical and Gait Outcomes

TypeinterventionalSponsorIRCCS San Raffaele RomaRan2013 to 2018Enrolled26ConditionsSevere Stroke, Acute Stroke, Mild Stroke, Central Nervous System DiseasesArmsRobot-Assisted Gait Training (RAGT)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 101 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Electromechanical-assisted training for walking after stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  10. Electromechanical-assisted training for walking after stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Giovanni TaveggiaaHabilita, Care & Research Rehabilitation Hospitals, Zingonia bHabilita, Faccanoni Hospital, Sarnico cMechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, University of Brescia, Brescia dIRCCS Don Gnocchi Foundation eDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Alberto Borboni
Chiara Mulé
Jorge H Villafañe
Stefano Negrini
Creative Commons · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Robot gait training has the potential to increase the effectiveness of walking therapy. Clinical outcomes after robotic training are often not superior to conventional therapy. We evaluated the effectiveness of a robot training compared with a usual gait training physiotherapy during a standardized rehabilitation protocol in inpatient participants with poststroke hemiparesis. This was a randomized double-blind clinical trial in a postacute physical and rehabilitation medicine hospital. Twenty-eight patients, 39.3% women (72±6 years), with hemiparesis (<6 months after stroke) receiving a conventional treatment according to the Bobath approach were assigned randomly to an experimental or a control intervention of robot gait training to improve walking (five sessions a week for 5 weeks). Outcome measures included the 6-min walk test, the 10 m walk test, Functional Independence Measure, SF-36 physical functioning and the Tinetti scale. Outcomes were collected at baseline, immediately following the intervention period and 3 months following the end of the intervention. The experimental group showed a significant increase in functional independence and gait speed (10 m walk test) at the end of the treatment and follow-up, higher than the minimal detectable change. The control group showed a significant increase in the gait endurance (6-min walk test) at the follow-up, higher than the minimal detectable change. Both treatments were effective in the improvement of gait performances, although the statistical analysis of functional independence showed a significant improvement in the experimental group, indicating possible advantages during generic activities of daily living compared with overground treatment.

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RoboticsStroke RehabilitationAgedDisability EvaluationDouble-Blind MethodExercise TestFemaleGait Disorders, NeurologicHumansMaleParesisPhysical Therapy Modalities

Identifiers

PMID26512928
PMCPMC4900426
OpenAlexW2414687193

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Registered trials

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