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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2021

Efficacy of a Novel Exoskeletal Robot for Locomotor Rehabilitation in Stroke Patients: A Multi-center, Non-inferiority, Randomized Controlled Trial.

Yongqiang Li, Tao Fan, Qi Qi, Jun Wang, Huaide Qiu, Lingye Zhang, Xixi Wu, Jing Ye, Gong Chen, Jianjun Long and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Electromechanical-assisted training for walking after stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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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

13 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Yongqiang LiCenter of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Tao FanDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Qi QiShanghai YangZhi Rehabilitation Hospital, (Shanghai Sunshine Rehabilitation Center), Shanghai, China.
Jun WangGuangdong Work Injury Rehabilitation Hospital (Guangdong Work Injury Rehabilitation Center), Guangzhou, China.
Huaide QiuCenter of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Lingye ZhangCenter of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Xixi WuJiangsu Zhongshan Geriatric Rehabilitation Hospital, Nanjing, China.
Jing YeShenzhen MileBot Robotics Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China.
Gong ChenShenzhen MileBot Robotics Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China.
Jianjun LongDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Second People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Yulong WangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Second People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Guozhi HuangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Jianan LiCenter of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Jiangsu Province Hospital · CNShenzhen Academy of Robotics · CNShenzhen Second People's Hospital · CNZhujiang Hospital · CNGuangdong Work Injury Rehabilitation Hospital · CNNanjing Medical University · CNShanghai Sunshine Rehabilitation Center · CNYangPu Geriatric Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

locomotor functionlocomotor traininglower-limb exoskeletal rehabilitation robotrehabilitationstroke

Identifiers

PMID34497506
PMCPMC8419710
OpenAlexW3196972083

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