Locomotor training for walking after spinal cord injury

Progressive Staging of Pilot Studies to Improve Phase III Trials for Motor Interventions

“…A total of 4 RCTs with 222 patients subsequently found no statistically significant effect of locomotor training on walking with BWSTT in a Cochrane analysis, or with the addition of functional electrical stimulation or robotic assists after SCI. 31 The same lack of efficacy was reported in a Cochrane analysis of stroke. 8 Pilot studies offered clues about the potential of combining BWSTT with co-interventions, but this information has not been incorporated into subsequent pilot studies.…”

Progressive Staging of Pilot Studies to Improve Phase III Trials for Motor Interventions

“…A total of 4 RCTs with 222 patients subsequently found no statistically significant effect of locomotor training on walking with BWSTT in a Cochrane analysis, or with the addition of functional electrical stimulation or robotic assists after SCI. 31 The same lack of efficacy was reported in a Cochrane analysis of stroke. 8 Pilot studies offered clues about the potential of combining BWSTT with co-interventions, but this information has not been incorporated into subsequent pilot studies.…”

Finding the Way to Improve Motor Recovery of Patients with Spinal Cord Lesions: A Case-Control Pilot Study on a Novel Neuromodulation Approach

“…Therefore, RAR combined with CPT offers some valuable clinical benefits. Contrarily, other studies showed no significant difference between RAR and CPT [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 40 ]. Therefore, further investigation is necessary to find additional strategies to RAR that may further promote rehabilitation outcome achievement.…”

Do Robotics and Virtual Reality Add Real Progress to Mirror Therapy Rehabilitation? A Scoping Review

“…When there is effect of robot-assisted training, the quality of evidence is very low or low for improving arm functions after stroke [ 102 ] or moderate for improving independent walking in people after stroke [ 103 ]. Researchers who have conducted systematic reviews on the topic suggest that the effectiveness of robot-assisted therapy is more due to the high intensity of training than to the treatment modality [ 102 – 106 ]: “ it seems unlikely that therapy provided by robots will lead to better results than therapy provided by humans under the premise that intensity, amount and frequency of therapy are exactly comparable ” [ 104 ]. In the specific field of robotic mirror therapy, Burgar et al give weight to this hypothesis [ 26 ].…”

Progressive Staging of Pilot Studies to Improve Phase III Trials for Motor Interventions

“…A total of 4 RCTs with 222 patients subsequently found no statistically significant effect of locomotor training on walking with BWSTT in a Cochrane analysis, or with the addition of functional electrical stimulation or robotic assists after SCI. 31 The same lack of efficacy was reported in a Cochrane analysis of stroke. 8 Pilot studies offered clues about the potential of combining BWSTT with co-interventions, but this information has not been incorporated into subsequent pilot studies.…”

Finding the Way to Improve Motor Recovery of Patients with Spinal Cord Lesions: A Case-Control Pilot Study on a Novel Neuromodulation Approach

“…Therefore, RAR combined with CPT offers some valuable clinical benefits. Contrarily, other studies showed no significant difference between RAR and CPT [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 40 ]. Therefore, further investigation is necessary to find additional strategies to RAR that may further promote rehabilitation outcome achievement.…”

Do Robotics and Virtual Reality Add Real Progress to Mirror Therapy Rehabilitation? A Scoping Review

“…When there is effect of robot-assisted training, the quality of evidence is very low or low for improving arm functions after stroke [ 102 ] or moderate for improving independent walking in people after stroke [ 103 ]. Researchers who have conducted systematic reviews on the topic suggest that the effectiveness of robot-assisted therapy is more due to the high intensity of training than to the treatment modality [ 102 – 106 ]: “ it seems unlikely that therapy provided by robots will lead to better results than therapy provided by humans under the premise that intensity, amount and frequency of therapy are exactly comparable ” [ 104 ]. In the specific field of robotic mirror therapy, Burgar et al give weight to this hypothesis [ 26 ].…”

Progressive Staging of Pilot Studies to Improve Phase III Trials for Motor Interventions

“…A total of 4 RCTs with 222 patients subsequently found no statistically significant effect of locomotor training on walking with BWSTT in a Cochrane analysis, or with the addition of functional electrical stimulation or robotic assists after SCI. 31 The same lack of efficacy was reported in a Cochrane analysis of stroke. 8 Pilot studies offered clues about the potential of combining BWSTT with co-interventions, but this information has not been incorporated into subsequent pilot studies.…”

Finding the Way to Improve Motor Recovery of Patients with Spinal Cord Lesions: A Case-Control Pilot Study on a Novel Neuromodulation Approach

“…Therefore, RAR combined with CPT offers some valuable clinical benefits. Contrarily, other studies showed no significant difference between RAR and CPT [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 40 ]. Therefore, further investigation is necessary to find additional strategies to RAR that may further promote rehabilitation outcome achievement.…”

Do Robotics and Virtual Reality Add Real Progress to Mirror Therapy Rehabilitation? A Scoping Review

“…When there is effect of robot-assisted training, the quality of evidence is very low or low for improving arm functions after stroke [ 102 ] or moderate for improving independent walking in people after stroke [ 103 ]. Researchers who have conducted systematic reviews on the topic suggest that the effectiveness of robot-assisted therapy is more due to the high intensity of training than to the treatment modality [ 102 – 106 ]: “ it seems unlikely that therapy provided by robots will lead to better results than therapy provided by humans under the premise that intensity, amount and frequency of therapy are exactly comparable ” [ 104 ]. In the specific field of robotic mirror therapy, Burgar et al give weight to this hypothesis [ 26 ].…”