| Methods |
Randomised cross‐over trial
Method of randomisation: shuffled envelopes
Blinding of outcome assessors: no
Adverse events: none
Deaths: none
Dropouts: none
ITT: yes |
| Participants |
Country: Denmark
13 participants (7 in treatment group, 6 in control group)
All participants were ambulatory at start of study
Mean age: 59 to 61 years (control and treatment groups, respectively)
Inclusion criteria: unknown
Exclusion criteria: unknown |
| Interventions |
2 arms:
Group 1 received 3 weeks of robotic‐assisted treadmill training (Lokomat), followed (after cross‐over) by 3 weeks of physiotherapy Group 2 received 3 weeks of physiotherapy followed (after cross‐over) by 3 weeks of robotic‐assisted treadmill training (Lokomat)
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| Outcomes |
Outcomes were recorded at baseline, after 3 and 6 weeks
Primary outcomes: single support stance time in impaired extremity and gait asymmetry and swing time ratio
Secondary outcomes: walking speed |
| Notes |
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| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Low risk |
Shuffling envelopes |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Low risk |
Using sealed, shuffled envelopes |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
No blinding was done. |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes |
Low risk |
ITT |
