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Trial reportClinical rehabilitation2021

Effect of combined home-based, overground robotic-assisted gait training and usual physiotherapy on clinical functional outcomes in people with chronic stroke: A randomized controlled trial.

Amy Wright, Keeron Stone, Louis Martinelli, Simon Fryer, Grace Smith, Danielle Lambrick, Lee Stoner, Simon Jobson, James Faulkner

Registry-linked trialOpen access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Clinical rehabilitation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05485597 (Usability and Feasibility Study of Myosuit-based Gait Training for Ambulatory Neurological Patients With Gait Disorders), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05485597 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Usability and Feasibility Study of Myosuit-based Gait Training for Ambulatory Neurological Patients With Gait Disorders

TypeinterventionalSponsorRehaklinik Zihlschlacht AGRan2022 to 2022Enrolled15ConditionsNeurologic Gait DisorderArmsMyosuit-based gait training
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Electromechanical-assisted training for walking after stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  12. Home-Based Gait Interventions for Adults with Stroke: A Scoping Review.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Amy WrightSchool of Sport, Health & Community, University of Winchester, Winchester, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7006-6465
Keeron StoneSchool of Sport & Exercise, University of Gloucestershire, Gloucester, UK.
Louis MartinelliHobbs Rehabilitation, Martyr Worthy, Winchester, UK.
Simon FryerSchool of Sport & Exercise, University of Gloucestershire, Gloucester, UK.
Grace SmithDepartment of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Chester, Chester, UK.
Danielle LambrickFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Lee StonerSchool of Sport and Exercise, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0682-2270
Simon JobsonSchool of Sport, Health & Community, University of Winchester, Winchester, UK.
James FaulknerSchool of Sport, Health & Community, University of Winchester, Winchester, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3704-6737
University of Winchester · GBUniversity of Gloucestershire · GBUniversity of Chester · GBUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUniversity of Southampton · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo assess the effect of a home-based over-ground robotic-assisted gait training program using the AlterG Bionic Leg orthosis on clinical functional outcomes in people with chronic stroke.

designRandomized controlled trial.

settingHome.

participantsThirty-four ambulatory chronic stroke patients who recieve usual physiotherapy.

interventionUsual physiotherapy plus either (1)10-week over-ground robotic-assisted gait training program ( MEASUREMENTS: The primary outcome was the Six-Minute Walk Test. Secondary outcomes included: Timed-Up-and-Go, Functional Ambulation Categories, Dynamic Gait Index and Berg Balance Scale. Physical activity and sedentary time were assessed using accelerometry. All measurements were completed at baseline, 10 and 22 weeks after baseline.

resultsSignificant increases in walking distance were observed for the Six-Minute Walk Test between baseline and 10 weeks for over-ground robotic-assisted gait training (135 ± 81 m vs 158 ± 93 m, respectively;

conclusionOver-ground robotic-assisted gait training combined with physiotherapy in chronic stroke patients led to significant improvements in clinical functional outcomes and physical activity compared to the control group. Improvements were maintained at 22 weeks.

Indexed as

AgedExercise TherapyFemaleGait Disorders, NeurologicHome Care ServicesHumansMaleMiddle AgedOrthotic DevicesParesisRoboticsStroke RehabilitationWalk Testhome-basedrehabilitationroboticsStroke

Identifiers

PMID33356519
PMCPMC8191155
OpenAlexW3111170265

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