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ReviewFrontiers in neurology2023

The effect of the Lokomat

Lina Wu, Gui Xu, Qiaofeng Wu

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Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Robotic rehabilitation with the LokomatFrontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026
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  13. Effect of LokomatMedical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 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

3 authors.

Lina WuDepartment of Rehabilitation, Foresea Life Insurance Nanning Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi Province, China.
Gui XuDepartment of Rehabilitation, Foresea Life Insurance Nanning Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi Province, China.
Qiaofeng WuDepartment of Rehabilitation, Foresea Life Insurance Nanning Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi Province, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The Lokomat Methods: In this study, a systematic search was conducted in various databases, including CINAHL, MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Scopus, Web of Science, and Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), as well as bibliographies of previous meta-analyses, to identify all randomized controlled trials that investigated the use of Lokomat Results: The review analyzed 21 studies with a total of 709 participants and found that the use of Lokomat Conclusion: Our results indicate that, with the exception of more notable improvements in balance, robot-assisted gait training utilizing the Lokomat

Indexed as

Lokomat®lower extremity functionmeta-analysisrehabilitationstroke

Identifiers

PMID38125828
PMCPMC10730677
OpenAlexW4389393497

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