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In contrast, the control group received lower-limb function training provided by a therapist. After 4 weeks, the patients were evaluated for certain indicators. The primary outcome was the Fugl\u2013Meyer Assessment Lower Extremity score on day 28 (\u00b17 days). The secondary outcomes included the Functional Ambulation Category score, Modified Barthel Index score, safety indicators, and incidence of adverse events.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      After treatment, the noninferiority statistic between the experimental and control groups was \u22120.1976 (\u22121.5051, 1.1099). The lower limit of the 95% confidence interval was greater than the noninferiority margin. There was no significant difference in the Functional Ambulation Category or Modified Barthel Index scores between the experimental and control groups at 0, 14, and 28 days (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p\u2009<\/jats:italic>\n                      &gt;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">\u2009<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in vital signs or adverse event rates between the experimental and control groups (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p\u2009<\/jats:italic>\n                      &gt;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">\u2009<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.05).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The MI-R1 lower-limb walking assist device is not inferior to traditional rehabilitation in achieving lower-limb function recovery in subacute stroke patients and is associated with good patient safety.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:bold>Trial registration:<\/jats:bold>\n                      ClincialTrials, Unique identifier: NCT06564480 (retrospectively registered)\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/03000605251396301","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,21]],"date-time":"2025-11-21T00:53:51Z","timestamp":1763686431000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Effectiveness and safety of a lower-limb walking assist device for motor function recovery in subacute stroke patients: A prospective, randomized, open, parallel-controlled, noninferiority study"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"53","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9249-3388","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bing","family":"Xiong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-2027-9678","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xinyuan","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xin","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhilai","family":"Lou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ting","family":"Tong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Danlei","family":"Gu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kedan","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Huanhuan","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_5_2_2","first-page":"CD006430","article-title":"Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients","volume":"3","author":"Gibson E","year":"2022","unstructured":"Gibson E, Koh CL, Eames S, et\u00a0al. 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