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To synthesize the available evidence evaluating the efficacy of robotic-assisted gait training for improving walking ability, muscle strength, and functional independence in individuals with spinal cord injury.

October 25, 2017Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Walking speed is not the best outcome to evaluate the effect of robotic assisted gait training in people with motor incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review with meta-analysis

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AAAna Valeria Aguirre-GüemezMedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital ASAlberto Isaac Pérez SanpabloInstituto Nacional de Rehabilitación JQJimena Quinzaños-FresnedoMSD (Mexico)

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Systematic review and meta-analysis reveals robotic-assisted gait training improves mobility and strength without altering speed in spinal cord injury, suggesting speed is an inadequate metric.

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To synthesize the available evidence evaluating the efficacy of robotic-assisted gait training for improving walking ability, muscle strength, and functional independence in individuals with spinal cord injury.
Conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis adhering to Cochrane guidelines across major databases including PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Web of Science from 1990 to December 2016.
Identified 15 randomized clinical trials and five systematic reviews, incorporating six trials totaling 222 participants into the quantitative meta-analysis.
Robotic-assisted gait training demonstrated pooled mean improvements for functional walking and strength measures: 3.01 for the Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury, 2.74 for the Functional Independence Measure locomotor subscale, and 1.95 for the Lower Extremity Motor Score.
Robotic-assisted gait training showed no significant effect on walking speed across evaluated cohorts.

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Aguirre-Güemez et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8b02c20cf18037ebbe929e https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2017.1390644

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Systematic review and meta-analysis reveals robotic-assisted gait training improves mobility and strength without altering speed in spinal cord injury, suggesting speed is an inadequate metric.

Walking speed is not the best outcome to evaluate the effect of robotic assisted gait training in people with motor incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review with meta-analysis

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Walking speed is not the best outcome to evaluate the effect of robotic assisted gait training in people with motor incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review with meta-analysis

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