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Trial reportBMC neurology2023

Effect of overground gait training with 'Mobility Assisted Robotic System-MARS' on gait parameters in patients with stroke: a pre-post study.

Anupam Gupta, Navin B Prakash, Gourav Sannyasi, Faiz Mohamad, Preethi Honavar, S Jotheeswaran, Meeka Khanna, Subasree Ramakrishnan

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Trial report in BMC neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anupam GuptaDepartment of Neurological Rehabilitation, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560029, India. drgupta159@yahoo.co.in.
Navin B PrakashDepartment of Neurological Rehabilitation, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560029, India.
Gourav SannyasiDepartment of Neurological Rehabilitation, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560029, India.
Faiz MohamadDepartment of Neurological Rehabilitation, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560029, India.
Preethi HonavarDepartment of Neurological Rehabilitation, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560029, India.
S JotheeswaranDepartment of Neurological Rehabilitation, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560029, India.
Meeka KhannaDepartment of Neurological Rehabilitation, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560029, India.
Subasree RamakrishnanDepartment of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India.
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo observe the effect of overground gait training with 'Mobility Assisted Robotic System-MARS' on gait parameters in patients with stroke. PATIENTS &

methodsThis prospective pre-post study was conducted in a tertiary teaching research hospital with 29 adult stroke patients, with age up to 65 years. Patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria were divided in 2 groups based on the duration of stroke (≤ 6 months-sub-acute & > 6 months-chronic stroke) and provided overground gait training with MARS robot for 12 sessions (1 h/session) over a period of 2-3 weeks. Primary outcome measures were; 10-Meter walk test-10MWT, 6-min' walk test-6MWT and Timed up & Go-TUG tests. Secondary outcome measures were Functional Ambulation Category-FAC, Modified Rankin Scale-MRS and Scandinavian Stroke Scale-SSS.

resultsNo adverse events were reported. Twenty-five patients who were able to perform 10-MWT at the beginning of study were included in the final analysis with 12 in sub-acute and 13 in chronic stroke group. All primary and secondary outcome measures showed significant improvement in gait parameters at the end of the training (p < 0.05) barring 10-Meter walk test in sub-acute stroke group (p = 0.255). Chronic stroke group showed significant minimum clinically important difference-MCID difference in endurance (6MWT) at the end of the training and both groups showed better 'minimal detectable change-MDC' in balance (TUG) at the end of the training.

conclusionsPatients in both the groups showed significant improvement in walking speed, endurance, balance and independence at the end of the training with overground gait training with MARS Robot. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRY: National Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI/2021/08/035695,16/08/2021).

Indexed as

Gait Disorders, NeurologicRobotic Surgical ProceduresStrokeStroke RehabilitationAdultExercise TherapyGaitHumansProspective StudiesTreatment OutcomeWalkingGait parametersMARS robotOverground gait trainingStroke

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PMID37558991
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