Trial reportJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2023
Gait training with a wearable powered robot during stroke rehabilitation: a randomized parallel-group trial.
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- Post-stroke lower limb rehabilitation: a comparative study between exoskeleton robots and traditional gait training.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of wearable devices on gait, balance, and motor function in people with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Electromechanical-assisted training for walking after stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of robot-assisted training for lower limb rehabilitation on lower limb function in stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of end-effector robot training on lower limb motor function and balance in stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of effectiveness of robotic therapy in the recovery of motor functions after stroke.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- How robot-assisted gait training affects gait ability, balance and kinematic parameters after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of robotic exoskeleton training on lower limb function, activity and participation in stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
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- Effects of Gait Training with Lower-Limb Robotic Exoskeletons and Exoskeleton-Type Devices on Gait Symmetry and Gait Speed in Patients with Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Smart Sensor-Driven Gait Rehabilitation Walker Using Machine Learning for Predictive Home-Based Therapy.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Personalized combined reconstructive surgical protocols for spastic foot and ankle deformities in adult stroke: a retrospective case series.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- VR-Aided Ankle Rehabilitation Decision-Making Based on Convolutional Gated Recurrent Neural Network.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Role of Wearable Devices in Chronic Disease Monitoring and Patient Care: A Comprehensive Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- The effect of using the hip exoskeleton assistive (HEXA) robot compared to conventional physiotherapy on clinical functional outcomes in stroke patients with hemiplegia: a pilot randomized controlled trial.BMC biomedical engineering · 2024Article
- A Comprehensive Review: Robot-Assisted Treatments for Gait Rehabilitation in Stroke Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Review
- A Computer Vision-Based System to Help Health Professionals to Apply Tests for Fall Risk Assessment.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Therapeutic robots for post-stroke rehabilitation.Medical review (2021) · 2024Review
- Impact of Wearable Device-Based Walking Programs on Gait Speed in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation · 2024Review
- The mediation effect of social support between stigma and social alienation in patients with stroke.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe have developed a wearable rehabilitation robot, "curara®," and examined its immediate effect in patients with spinocerebellar degeneration and stroke, but its rehabilitative effect has not been clarified. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of this device on gait training in stroke patients.
methodsForty stroke patients were enrolled in this study. The participants were divided randomly into two groups (groups A and B). The participants assigned to group A received RAGT with curara® type 4, whereas those in group B received conventional therapist-assisted gait training. The clinical trial period was 15 days. The participants performed 10 sessions of gait training (5 times per week) each lasting 30 ± 5 min per day. The 10-m walking time (10mWT), and 6-minute walking distance (6MWD) were evaluated as the main outcomes. Timed up and go and Berg Balance Scale (BBS) were also examined. Gait parameters (stride duration and length, standard deviation of stride duration and length, cadence, ratio of the stance/swing phases, minimum/maximum knee joint angle, and minimum/maximum hip joint angle) were measured using a RehaGait®. The items other than BBS were measured on days 0, 7, and 14, whereas BBS was measured on days 0 and 14. The improvement rate was calculated as the difference of values between days 14 and 0 divided by the value on day 0. The improvement rates of the 10mWT and 6MWD were set as the main outcomes.
resultsThe data of 35 participants were analyzed. There was no significant difference in the main outcomes between both groups at the end of gait training. As for intragroup changes, gait speed, stride length, stride duration, and cadence were improved significantly between days 0 and 14 in each group. When examining the interaction effect between the day of measurement and group, stride duration (p = 0.006) and cadence (p = 0.012) were more significantly improved in group A than in group B.
conclusionsThis novel wearable powered robot may have the potential to improve gait speed of individuals in stroke rehabilitation.
trial registrationJapan Registry of Clinical Trials (jRCTs032180163). Registered on February 22, 2019; https://jrct.niph.go.jp/en-latest-detail/jRCTs032180163 . UMIN CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRY (UMIN000034237): Registered on September 22, 2018; https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/icdr/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000038939 .
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