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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 11.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2010 Apr 16;362(19):1772–1783. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0911341

Table 3.

Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events.*

Event Robot-Assisted
Therapy (N = 49)
Intensive Comparison
Therapy (N = 50)
Usual Care
(N = 28)
Adverse event

Event related to study therapy— no. of patients (%) 12 (24) 9(18) 0

Type of event— no. of events

  Any 34 12 0

  Pain, stiffness, or soreness 23 7 0

  Fatigue 6 0 0

  Swelling or bruising 1 3 0

  Cut, scratch, or irritation 2 2 0

  Numbness 2 0 0

Serious adverse event

Patients with event— no. (%)

  Any 11 (22) 18 (36) 9(32)

  Death 0 2(4) 1(4)

  Hospitalization 19 (39) 20 (40) 15 (54)

  Other event reported by investigator 0 4(8) 0

Event related to study therapy — no. of events 0 0 0

Event unrelated to study therapy — no. of events

  Any 19 26 16

  Cardiac disorder 1 3 3

  Gastrointestinal disorder 0 3 0

  General disorder 1 2 1

  Hepatobiliary disorder 4 0 0

  Infection or infestation 5 2 1

  Injury, poisoning, or procedural complication 3 4 1

  Neoplasm 0 2 0

  Nervous system disorder 3 2 1

  Psychiatric disorder 0 1 1

  Renal or urinary disorder 1 0 2

  Respiratory, thoracic, or mediastinal disorder 0 1 1

  Social circumstance 1 2 2

  Surgical or medical procedure 0 2 2

  Vascular disorder 0 2 1
*

The principal investigator at each clinical site determined whether an adverse event or serious adverse event was related to a study therapy.

Serious adverse events are listed according to the organ-classification system used in the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities.

Social circumstance includes any social, lifestyle, or housing issues.