Robot-assisted gait training in multiple sclerosis patients: a randomized trial.

Background: Preservation of locomotor activity in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients is of utmost importance. Robotic-assisted body weight-supported treadmill training is a promising method to improve gait functions in neurologically impaired patients, although its effectiveness in MS patients is still unknown.

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) with that of conventional walking treatment (CWT) on gait and generalized functions in a group of stable MS patients.

Rehabilitation outcomes of stroke patients treated with tissue plasminogen activator.

Objective: To investigate the influence of thrombolysis on functional outcomes after rehabilitation.

Background: Systemic thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is considered the mainstay of acute stroke therapy and was found to improve short-term outcome.

Design: Matched case-controlled design.

The effectiveness of locomotor therapy using robotic-assisted gait training in subacute stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of early and prolonged locomotor treatment with the use of a robotic-assisted gait training (RAGT) device (Lokomat; Hocoma Inc., Zurich, Switzerland) on the functional outcomes of patients after subacute stroke.

Design: A nonblinded prospective, randomized, controlled study.