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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: The effect of lower limb rehabilitation robot on lower limb -motor function in stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Year

Sample (E/C)

Age

Gender (Male/Female)

Intervention

Baseline Assessment Results (E/C)

Period

E

C

E

C

E

Control

Liu

2013

20/20

52.46 ± 8.04

53.22 ± 5.73

12/8

14/6

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

BBS(20.5 ± 3.32/21.63 ± 2.98)

FMA(20.7 ± 3.78/21.88 ± 2.57),

MBI(28.3 ± 5.23/27.43 ± 3.65)

10w

Meng

2013

30/30

57.3 ± 10.2

56.5 ± 11.6

16/14

17/13

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(15.0 ± 2.82/14.83 ± 3.10)

BBS(27.8 ± 7.66/26.30 ± 5.93)

12w

Zhang

2013

17/17

55.65 ± 13.20

55.47 ± 13.61

10/7

12/5

CR + Lokohelp rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(11.5 ± 5.39/11.64 ± 5.30)

MBI(30.2 ± 6.17/31.24 ± 6.26)

4w

Zhao

2013

20/20

51.8 ± 10.1

57.6 ± 8.2

17/3

15/5

CR + Lokomat rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(15.1 ± 2.1/14.9 ± 1.0)

10w

Gao

2014

30/30

50.6 ± 8.1

52.5 ± 7.3

18/12

20/10

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(15.3 ± 7.12/15.18 ± 6.85)

BBS(19.4 ± 5.78/18.92 ± 6.30)

8w

Ouyang

2014

50/50

56.5 ± 13.1

56.2 ± 13.5

27/23

24/26

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

BBS(25.4 ± 4.3/24.3 ± 5.2)

MBI(19.6 ± 6.7/19.2 ± 5.8)

8w

Bei

2015

40/40

61.7 ± 6.32

62.7 ± 6.48

34/6

29/11

CR + Lokomat rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(9.95 ± 4.36/9.43 ± 3.64)

FAC(0.82 ± 0.85/0.57 ± 0.81)

BBS(7.38 ± 3.93/7.38 ± 3.87)

BMI(29.6 ± 7.11/29.88 ± 7.80)

6w

Li

2015

38/38

62.3 ± 7.8

63.6 ± 6.7

20/18

22/16

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(22.9 ± 4.19/24.14 ± 3.01)

NR

Luo

2015

20/20

66.43 ± 5.34

63.33 ± 6.30

10/10

12/8

CR + Lokohelp rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(32.9 ± 5.71/32.53 ± 4.20)

24w

Wang

2015

30/30

43.6 ± 11.3

44.9 ± 12.7

17/13

15/15

CR + Lokomat rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(18.1 ± 1.34/19.76 ± 0.94)

BBS(16.2 ± 1.17/16.35 ± 1.21)

6MWT(211.31 ± 11.72/ 219.36 ± 13.19)

FAC(2.71 ± 0.12/2.50 ± 0.31)

8w

Zhao

2015

30/30

57 ± 9

58 ± 8

13/17

14/16

CR + Lokomat rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA (13.6 ± 2.3/14.6 ± 2.8)

BBS(19.8 ± 1.7/19.5 ± 1.9)

8w

Karla

2016

10/10

44.1 ± 12.55

64.1 ± 8.38

NR

NR

rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA (23.1 ± 6.37/20.1 ± 5.78)

6MWT(214.6 ± 118.46 /105.5 ± 95.51)

8w

Lu

2016

20/20

55.25 ± 10.88

59.15 ± 12.20

13/7

13/7

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(18.40 ± 7.63

/ 19.35 ± 8.29)

MBI(45.50 ± 19.11 / 53.25 ± 24.56)

6w

Yao

2016

33/33

65.18 ± 5.27

64.27 ± 5.38

19/14

21/12

Lokohelp rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(14.95 ± 1.6/14.85 ± 1.71)

BBS(15.221.48/15.29 ± 1.52)

8w

Wang

2017

63/63

55.1 ± 3.13

54.3 ± 3.21

34/29

33/30

Lokomat rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(15.3 ± 7.32/15.4 ± 7.07)

BBS (18.7 ± 5.64/18.9 ± 6.01)

10w

Li

2018

3/3

60.7 ± 8.98

59.7 ± 9.01

NR

NR

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(13.22 ± 7.02 / 13.13 ± 6/98)

10d

Liu

2018

30/30

54.18 ± 6.26

53.83 ± 6.21

17/13

19/11

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(20.85 ± 3.62

/ 21.73 ± 2.64)

BBS(20.37 ± 3.13

/ 21.55 ± 3.01)

FAC(2.62 ± 0.11/2.56 ± 0.30)

6MWT(209.62 ± 12.06

/213.76 ± 13.24)

8w

Qian

2018

21/21

NR

NR

NR

NR

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(13.47 ± 6.54

/12.18 ± 8.02)

6MWT(57.22 ± 15.41

/57.23 ± 20.10)

8w

Zhang

2018

34/34

57.08 ± 9.47

56.97 ± 8.73

22/12

20/14

CR + Lokomat rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(18.79 ± 5.32

/19.07 ± 5.12)

MBI(50.78 ± 16.02 / 48.73 ± 15.03)

8w

Zhao

2018

424/282

62. 0 ± 16. 37

62. 7 ± 14. 83

312/112

130/152

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

BBS(9.08 ± 11.41/ 12.10 ± 19.98)

12w

Kim

2019

25/23

57.7 ± 12.9

60.4 ± 13.2

20/5

13/10

rehabilitation robot

CR

FAC(2.9 ± 1.2/2.9 ± 1.2)

MBI(56.6 ± 21.5/54.0 ± 4.05)

BBS(25.5 ± 16.3/26.9 ± 14.8)

3w

Hu

2019

40/40

55.53 ± 9.23

58.29 ± 9.01

23/17

23/17

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(10.95 ± 1.85

/10.73 ± 2.03)

BBS(6.43 ± 1.22

/6.65 ± 1.33)

MBI(30.98 ± 3.13

/30.95 ± 3.15)

12w

Liao

2019

110/110

68.81 ± 3.54

68.10 ± 4.10

56/54

55/55

Lokomat rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA (15.42 ± 8.19

/15.11 ± 6.39)

3 m

Wen

2019

43/43

51.03 ± 9.93

50.82 ± 10.07

27/16

29/14

CR + Flexbot-B rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(15.20 ± 5.88

/15.34 ± 5.06)

BBS(19.24 ± 5.72

/18.96 ± 6.35)

10w

Yang

2019

45/45

58.65 ± 5.50

58.62 ± 5.47

28/17

26/19

CR + XYQ-8 rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(18.26 ± 6.42

/18.23 ± 6.41)

BBS(19.36 ± 5.24

/19.34 ± 5.26)

FAC(1.35 ± 0.86/1.32 ± 0.87)

6MWT(200.65 ± 19.60

/200.61 ± 19.64)

6w

Min

2020

19/19

61.47 ± 11.15

56.36 ± 9.16

11/8

13/6

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(21.47 ± 4.69

/18.36 ± 6.06)

MBI(61.31 ± 17.59

/56.78 ± 20.59)

FAC(3.21 ± 0.78/3.21 ± 0.71)

BBS(33.21 ± 4.27

/37.89 ± 5.03)

4w

Gu

2020

20/20

54.5 ± 12.7

57.6 ± 10.3

13/7

14/6

CR + rehabilitation robot (Nutural gait I)

CR

FMA(12.4 ± 2.6/11.7 ± 2.9)

BBS(29.3 ± 7.2/28.5 ± 6.4)

MBI(53.3 ± 16.4/53.6 ± 14.2)

8w

Xie

2020

19/20

57.26 ± 12.00

54.00 ± 15.26

13/6

15/5

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(21.89 ± 3.90

/23.94 ± 5.17)

MBI(61.58 ± 17.16

/63.25 ± 26.37)

3w

Luo

2020

25/25

59.97 ± 9.32

60.74 ± 9.83

14/11

13/12

CR + A3 rehabilitation robot

CR

BBS(6.52 ± 1.05/6.47 ± 1.13)

8w

Shu

2020

30/30

57.43 ± 7.05

57.55 ± 7.02

15/15

16/14

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

BBS(6.48 ± 1.28/6.67 ± 1.35)

FMA(10.68 ± 2.01

/10.77 ± 2.10)

MBI(51.86 ± 4.63

/50.55 ± 5.96)

8w

Wu

2020

60/60

52.64 ± 10.76

53.28 ± 10.91

35/25

32/28

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

BBS(11.42 ± 5.33

/12.15 ± 5.46)

FMA(15.16 ± 7.08

/15.83 ± 6.92)

8w

Li (1)

2021

17/15

50.53 ± 12.26

50.13 ± 9.49

15/2

14/1

CR + BEAR-H1 rehabilitation robot

CR

6MWT(107.88 ± 67.62

/137.80 ± 75.07)

FAC(2.65 ± 0.86/2.93 ± 0.59)

FMA(20.41 ± 5.33

/20.47 ± 5.69)

4w

Li (2)

2021

57/57

NR

NR

NR

NR

BEAR-H1 rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA 6MWT(NR)

4w

Jiang

2021

37/37

70.27 ± 5.12

69.94 ± 5.03

21/16

19/18

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(13.05 ± 2.7/13.19 ± 2.68)

BBS(37.17 ± 6.7/36.78 ± 6.17)

FAC(1.31 ± 0.29/1.28 ± 0.31)

8w

Ma

2021

60/60

59.58 ± 2.66

59.73 ± 2.61

35/25

33/27

CR + A3 rehabilitation robot

CR

6MWT(158.42 ± 7.63

/158.75 ± 7.82)

BBS(21.04 ± 1.72

/21.13 ± 1.65)

FMA(18.89 ± 1.07

/18.75 ± 1.08)

8w

Pei

2021

21/21

54.13 ± 10. 17

57.28 ± 9.08

14/7

16/5

CR + A3 rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(11.42 ± 6.54

/10.89 ± 6.87)

6MWT(30.47 ± 18.72

/31.21 ± 16.51)

MBI(35.65 ± 7.22

/36.32 ± 7.53)

8w

Yao

2021

30/30

45.40 ± 13.05

43.17 ± 14.40

17/13

19/11

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(22.07 ± 4.68

/21.23 ± 5.98)

BBS(34.07 ± 6.94

/32.20 ± 6.18)

6w

Lin

2022

20/20

54.1 ± 8.6

56.5 ± 12.9

14/6

15/5

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(8.1 ± 4.9/7.0 ± 4.7)

BBS(8.8 ± 9.7/8.2 ± 8.4)

4w

He

2023

35/35

63.83 ± 5.74

63.31 ± 5.57

19/16

21/14

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(15.97 ± 2.83

/16.20 ± 2.56)

BBS(36.06 ± 5.87

/36.34 ± 6.07)

FAC(1.37 ± 0.25/1.40 ± 0.27)

8w

Zhang

2023

18/16

56.88 ± 10.99

60.81 ± 9.61

14/4

13/3

rehabilitation robot

CR

FMA(20.69 ± 6.76

/17.31 ± 6.64)

FAC(3.00 ± 1.00/3.00 ± 0.00)

6MWT(91.80 ± 141.00

/117.70 ± 71.41)

4w

Li

2023

19/19

57.52 ± 6.39

58.13 ± 6.46

9/10

7/12

CR + rehabilitation robot

CR

BBS(31.05 ± 6.10

/30.71 ± 5.89)

FMA(9.07 ± 2.25/8.89 ± 2.31)

FAC(1.31 ± 0.31/1.33 ± 0.29)

MBI(38.92 ± 6.25

/39.88 ± 6.63)

4w

  1. E/C Experimental group/control group, CR Conventional rehabilitation, FMA Fugl–Meyer Assessment scale, MBI Modified Barthel Index scale, BBS Berg Balance Scale, FAC Functional Ambulatory Classification, 6MWT 6 min walk test, NR No report