Journal: Medical Devices (Auckland, N.Z.)
Article Title: Clinical effectiveness and safety of powered exoskeleton-assisted walking in patients with spinal cord injury: systematic review with meta-analysis
doi: 10.2147/MDER.S103102
Figure Lengend Snippet: Outcomes of randomized controlled trial comparing powered exoskeleton, reciprocating gait orthosis, and hip-knee-ankle-foot orthosis. Notes: A is PCI, B is 6-min walk distance, and C is walking velocity. *Exoskeleton outcomes superior to RGO and HKAFO for walking velocity (both P <0.001), 6-minute walk distance ( P =0.03 vs RGO; P <0.01 vs HKAFO), and PCI (both P <0.001). Abbreviations: HKAFO, hip-knee-ankle-foot orthosis; PCI, physiological cost index; RGO, reciprocating gait orthosis.
Article Snippet: The ReWalkTM (ReWalk Robotics, Inc., Marlborough, MA, US) powered exoskeleton was evaluated in eight studies, – , , – Ekso ® (Ekso Bionics, Richmond, CA, US) in three studies, – Indego TM (Parker Hannifin Corp., Cleveland, OH, US) in two studies, , and an unspecified exoskeleton in one study.
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