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Fifty-seven patients with subacute hemiparetic stroke (mean age, 63.86 \u00b1 12.72 years; 23 women) were assigned to two groups. All patients received a 30-min Walkbot-assisted gait training session, 3 times\/week, for 6 weeks. Clinical outcomes included scores obtained on the Fugl\u2013Meyer Assessment (FMA) scale, Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), trunk impairment scale (TIS), and the number of walking steps and walking distance. Analysis of covariance and analysis of variance were conducted at p &lt; 0.05. Significant main effects of time in both groups on number of walking steps and distance (p &lt; 0.05) were observed, but not in MAS (p&gt; 0.05). Significant changes in FMA, BBS, and TIS scores between groups (p &lt; 0.05) were observed. Significant main effects of time on BBS and TIS were demonstrated (p &lt; 0.05). 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