Anti-gravity treadmill can promote aerobic exercise for lower limb osteoarthritis patients.

Toshihiro Kawae, Yukio Mikami, Kouki Fukuhara, Hiroaki Kimura, Nobuo Adachi

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Article in Journal of physical therapy science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

Comparison of anti-gravity treadmill training and traditional treadmill training in patients with moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial.Irish journal of medical science · 2025
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Exploring the effects of anti-gravity treadmill training in musculoskeletal disorders: A systematic review.Heliyon · 2024
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Optimizing Rehabilitation Outcomes for Stroke Survivors: The Impact of Speed and Slope Adjustments in Anti-Gravity Treadmill Training.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024
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Research progress on the application of anti-gravity treadmill in the rehabilitation of Parkinson's disease patients: a mini review.Frontiers in neurology · 2024
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Use of Pressure-Measuring Insoles to Characterize Gait Parameters in Simulated Reduced-Gravity Conditions.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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The Effect of Simultaneous Antigravity Treadmill Training and Electrical Muscle Stimulation After Total Hip Arthroplasty: Short Follow-Up Time.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2019
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The effect of anti-gravity treadmill training for knee osteoarthritis rehabilitation on joint pain, gait, and EMG: Case report.Medicine · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Toshihiro KawaeDivision of Rehabilitation, Department of Clinical Practice and Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan.

Yukio MikamiSports Medical Center, Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan.

Kouki FukuharaDivision of Rehabilitation, Department of Clinical Practice and Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan.

Hiroaki KimuraDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan.

Nobuo AdachiSports Medical Center, Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan.

Hiroshima University Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

[Purpose] The anti-gravity treadmill (Alter-G

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Aerobics exerciseAnti-gravity treadmillLower limb osteoarthritis

Identifiers

PMID28878480

DOI10.1589/jpts.29.1444

PMCPMC5574327

OpenAlexW2745023563

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