Table 2.
Characteristics of the included studies
| Study | Participants demographical and age (yr) | Type of CP | Topographical classification | GMFCS | Intervention | Outcome | Robot | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EG | CG | Intervention period | |||||||
| Drużbicki et al., 2013 | EG n=26 10.1±2.2 CG n=9 11±2.3 |
Spastic | Diplegia | II–III | RAGT+individual exercises | Individual exercises | - 20 Sessions - 40 Min |
- Gait velocity | Lokomat |
| Sarhan et al., 2014 | Age: 3–5 EG n=6 CG n=6 |
Spastic | Diplegia | III–IV | RAGT | Manual treadmill therapy (Hanes+ Visual feedback+ Biodex unweighing system) | - 10 Weeks - 3 Times per week -Each 3-session lasted about 30–40 min |
- Gait velocity | Lokomat |
| Wallard et al., 2017 | EG n=14 8.3±1.2 CG n=16 9.6±1.7 |
Spastic | Bilateral | II | RAGT | Physical therapy | - 5 Weeks - 40 Min - 5 Times per week |
- GMFM-88 D - GMFM-88 E |
Lokomat |
| Pool et al., 2021 | EG n=20 10.1±2.2 CG n=20 11±2.3 |
Not reported | Not reported | III–V | RAGT+LT | LT | - 6 Weeks - 60 Min - 3 Times per week |
- GMFM-88 total - GMFM-66 |
RT600 |
| Yaşar et al., 2022 | EG n=13 10.46±2.76 CG n=13 9.69±2.32 |
Spastic | Diplegic | II–V | RAGT+conventional therapy | Conventional therapy | - 8 Weeks - 25 Min - 2 Times per week |
- TUG | Not reported |
| Fu et al., 2022 | EG A n=15 5.00±1.65 EG B n=15 5.33±2.93 EG C n=15 5.67±1.58 CG n=15 4.53±1.73 |
Spastic | Not reported | II–III | EG A: VR+RAGT (15% weight loss) EG B: VR+RAGT (30% weight loss) EG C: VR+RAGT (45% weight loss) |
Conventional walking training | - 12 Weeks - 50 Min - 4 Times per week |
- GMFM-88 D - GMFM-88 E |
Lokomat |
| Moll et al., 2022 | Age: 8–18 EG n=13 CG n=12 |
Spastic | Tetraparesis | II–III | RAGT+inpatient therapy (physiotherapy, medical exercise therapy, massage, medical therapy) | Inpatient therapy (physiotherapy, medical exercise therapy, massage, medical therapy) | - 11 Days - 70 Min - 6 Times - HAL training 6 times for experimental group |
- GMFM-88 total - GMFM-88 D+E - 10MWT(SSW) - 10MWT(MAX) - 6MWT |
HAL |
CP, cerebral palsy; GMFCS, gross motor function classification system; EG, experimental group; CG, control group; RAGT, robotic-assisted gate training; GMFM, gross motor function measure; LT, locomotor training; TUG, Timed Up and Go test; VR, virtual reality; 10MWT, 10-m walk test; SSW, self-selected walking speed; MAX, maximum walking speed; VR, virtual reality; 6MWT, 6-min walk test; HAL, hybrid assistive limb.