SynthesisJournal of healthcare engineering2018
Assessing Effectiveness and Costs in Robot-Mediated Lower Limbs Rehabilitation: A Meta-Analysis and State of the Art.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling for Balance Rehabilitation in Stroke Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Artificial organs · 2026Pooled it
- [Gait Training Using Robotic Devices in Subjects With Stroke: An Overview of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis].Revista de neurologia · 2026Pooled it
- Innovative technology-based interventions in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Systematic review on wearable lower-limb exoskeletons for gait training in neuromuscular impairments.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of exoskeleton rehabilitation robot training on neuroplasticity and lower limb motor function in patients with stroke.BMC neurology · 2025Trial
- The Effect of Using a Rehabilitation Robot for Patients with Post-Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Fatigue Syndrome.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Trial
- Unveiling the Clinical Impact of Lower Limb Robotic Devices in Neurorehabilitation: An Umbrella Review.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2026Review
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- Fusion of EEG and EMG signals for detecting pre-movement intention of sitting and standing in healthy individuals and patients with spinal cord injury.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Robotic Devices for Medical Rehabilitation: An Umbrella Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Lower-Limb Exoskeletons for Gait Training in Parkinson's Disease: The State of the Art and Future Perspectives.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Economic Cost of Rehabilitation with Robotic and Virtual Reality Systems in People with Neurological Disorders: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of robot-assisted gait training in patients with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2023Article
- Patent Review of Lower Limb Rehabilitation Robotic Systems by Sensors and Actuation Systems Used.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of overground robotic training versus conventional locomotor training in people with spinal cord injury.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Flexible Virtual Reality System for Neurorehabilitation and Quality of Life Improvement.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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- Response to: Comment on "Assessing Effectiveness and Costs in Robot-Mediated Lower Limbs Rehabilitation: A Meta-Analysis and State of the Art".Journal of healthcare engineering · 2019Article
- Who Will Pay for Robotic Rehabilitation? The Growing Need for a Cost-effectiveness Analysis.Innovations in clinical neuroscienceArticle
- Comment on "Assessing Effectiveness and Costs in Robot-Mediated Lower Limbs Rehabilitation: A Meta-Analysis and State of the Art".Journal of healthcare engineeringArticle
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Abstract
Robots were introduced in rehabilitation in the 90s to meet different needs, that is, reducing the physical effort of therapists. This work consists of a meta-analysis of robot-mediated lower limbs rehabilitation for stroke-affected patients; it aims at evaluating the effectiveness of the robotic approach through the use of wearable robots or operational machines with respect to the conventional approach (i.e., manual rehabilitation therapy). The primary assessed outcome is the patient's ability to recover walking independence, whereas the secondary outcome is the average walking speed. The therapy acceptability and the treatment costs are also assessed. The assessment shows that the robot-mediated therapy is more effective than the conventional one in reaching the primary outcome. As for the secondary outcome, there is no significant difference between the robotic (wearable robots or operational machines) and the conventional approach. Rehabilitation using wearable robots has a greater acceptability than the conventional one. This does not apply to operational machines. The cost of robotic treatment with wearable robots ranges from double to triple the cost of the conventional approach. On the contrary, rehabilitation using operational machines costs the same as the conventional treatment. Robotic rehabilitation based on operational machines is the most cost-effective approach.
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