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ArticleThe journal of spinal cord medicine2020

Combining robotic exoskeleton and body weight unweighing technology to promote walking activity in tetraplegia following SCI: A case study.

Shuo-Hsiu Chang, Fangshi Zhu, Neel Patel, Taimoor Afzal, Marcie Kern, Gerard E Francisco

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Article in The journal of spinal cord medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shuo-Hsiu ChangDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9173-2044
Fangshi ZhuDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3587-5531
Neel PatelCenter for Wearable Exoskeletons, NeuroRecovery Research Center, TIRR Memorial Hermann, Houston, Texas, USA.
Taimoor AfzalDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Marcie KernDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Gerard E FranciscoDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Memorial Hermann Institute for Rehabilitation and Research Foundation · USUniversity of Houston · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Body WeightExoskeleton DeviceQuadriplegiaTechnologyHumansLower ExtremityMaleMiddle AgedSpinal Cord InjuriesWalkingBODY-weight supportLower-limb exoskeletonRehabilitationSpinal cord injuryTetraplegia

Identifiers

PMID30335593
PMCPMC7006789
OpenAlexW2897487222

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Registered trials

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