Highlights
- •Combined Lokomat and conventional physiotherapy has superior effects than Lokomat alone.
- •The Lokomat may improve the functional gait ability after incomplete SCI.
- •The effect of the Lokomat on balance and cardiorespiratory fitness remains unclear.
- •The effects of Lokomat on the lower extremity spasticity was limited.
- •Lokomat is not superior in improving the gait speed.
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