Scoping Review of Quadrupedal Training for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation, 2010-2025

A 2026 scoping review synthesizing evidence on quadrupedal-derived training for adult stroke rehabilitation, covering studies from 2010 to 2025. The review, authored by Jan A. Kuipers, analyzed 18 studies including five randomized controlled trials, mapping outcomes to the International Classification of Functioning domains. It examines intervention types, dosage, safety, feasibility, and mechanistic pathways.

Use Cases

• Systematic mapping of clinical evidence based on the review's synthesis of 18 studies.
• Analyzing intervention efficacy for trunk control and balance based on reported outcomes.
• Informing clinical protocol design based on described intervention types, dosage, and progression criteria.
• Exploring neurophysiological mechanisms based on the review's discussion of spinal and interlimb network activation.

Strengths

• Follows established JBI and PRISMA-ScR guidelines for evidence synthesis.
• Includes stakeholder input from stroke survivors, clinicians, and researchers.
• Reports no serious adverse events and high adherence where recorded in the reviewed studies.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; data structure must be inferred from the PDF.
• The dataset is a single 499.6 KB PDF file, representing a limited scope of summarized evidence rather than raw trial data.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Jan A. Kuipers.

Collection Method

Scoping review conducted via searches across five databases and additional sources.

Time Range

2010 to 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 05:30:51.

Geography

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