Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29339900›Full record

ArticleTopics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation2017

Exoskeleton Training May Improve Level of Physical Activity After Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Series.

Ashraf S Gorgey, Rodney Wade, Ryan Sumrell, Lynette Villadelgado, Refka E Khalil, Timothy Lavis

Abstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
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.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Pooled it
  4. Trial
  5. Trial
  6. Article
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Review
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Review
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ashraf S GorgeySpinal Cord Injury Service and Disorders, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia.
Rodney WadeSpinal Cord Injury Service and Disorders, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia.
Ryan SumrellSpinal Cord Injury Service and Disorders, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia.
Lynette VilladelgadoSpinal Cord Injury Service and Disorders, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia.
Refka E KhalilSpinal Cord Injury Service and Disorders, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia.
Timothy LavisSpinal Cord Injury Service and Disorders, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Exoskeleton DeviceExerciseHumansMaleMiddle AgedSpinal Cord InjuriesTreatment OutcomeWalkingYoung Adultenergy expenditureexoskeletonphysical activityspinal cord injury

Identifiers

PMID29339900
PMCPMC5562032

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.