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Trial reportScientific reports2024

Exercising with a robotic exoskeleton can improve memory and gait in people with Parkinson's disease by facilitating progressive exercise intensity.

Chris A McGibbon, Andrew Sexton, Pearl Gryfe

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chris A McGibbonInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, University of New Brunswick, 25 Dineen Dr, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A3, Canada. cmcgibb@unb.ca.
Andrew SextonInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, University of New Brunswick, 25 Dineen Dr, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A3, Canada.
Pearl GryfeAssistive Technology Clinic, 107 Grenadier Cres, Thornhill, ON, L4J 7V7, Canada.
University of New Brunswick · CAThornhill Medical (Canada) · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

People with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) can benefit from progressive high-intensity exercise facilitated with a lower-extremity exoskeleton, but the mechanisms explaining these benefits are unknown. We explored the relationship between exercise intensity progression and memory and gait outcomes in PwPD who performed 8 weeks (2 × per week) of progressive exercise with and without a lower-extremity powered exoskeleton, as the planned exploratory endpoint analysis of an open-label, parallel, pilot randomized controlled trial. Adults 50-85 years old with a confirmed diagnosis of PD participated. Twenty-seven participants randomized to exercise with (Exo = 13) or without (Nxo = 14) the exoskeleton were included in this exploratory endpoint analysis. Detailed exercise logs were kept and actigraphy was used to measure activity count*min

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Exoskeleton DeviceParkinson DiseaseAdultAgedAged, 80 and overExerciseExercise TherapyGaitHumansMiddle Aged

Identifiers

PMID38388571
PMCPMC10883950
OpenAlexW4392023000

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