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ArticleBMJ open2026

Behavioural intervention and guided stepping training early post-stroke (BIG STEPS): protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Charmaine van Eeden, Aiza Khan, Wendimagegn Alemayehu, Sharon Anderson, Brian H Buck, Jessica M D'Amico, Sean P Dukelow, Jake Hayward, Erin McCabe, John C Spence and 4 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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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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

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Charmaine van EedenDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2533-7430
Aiza KhanDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Wendimagegn AlemayehuDepartment of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Sharon AndersonDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Brian H BuckDepartment of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7984-6062
Jessica M D'AmicoDivision of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Sean P DukelowDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Jake HaywardEmergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Erin McCabeDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
John C SpenceFaculty of Kinesiology, Sport and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Puneeta TandonDepartment of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Jaime C YuDepartment of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3486-5515
Victor E EzeugwuDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ezeugwu@ualberta.ca.
BIG STEPS Consortium

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Activities of daily livingBehaviorStroke Rehabilitation

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PMID42901558
PMCPMC13684172

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