Effectiveness of a Walking Program Involving the Hybrid Assistive Limb Robotic Exoskeleton Suit for Improving Walking Ability in Stroke Patients: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Hideo Tsurushima   ¹ , MD, DPhil ;   Masafumi Mizukami   ² , DPhil ;   Kenichi Yoshikawa   ² , DPhil ;   Tomoyuki Ueno   ³ , MD, DPhil ;   Yasushi Hada   ³ , MD, DPhil ;   Masahiko Gosho   ⁴ , DPhil ;   Yutaka Kohno   ² , MD, DPhil ;   Koichi Hashimoto   ⁴ , DPhil ;   Yuichi Iizumi   ⁴ , DPhil ;   Toshihiro Kikuchi   ⁴ , MSc ;   Akira Matsumura   ¹ , MD, DPhil ;   Hit2016 Study Group   ⁴

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

² Department of Physical Therapy, Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences Hospital, Ami, Japan

³ Department of of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

⁴ Tsukuba Clinical Research & Development Organization, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan