External Powered Orthoses for Paraplegic Subjects: A Meta Analysis Review

Table 1

The results of quality assessment of methodology of various research studies (total number of studies was 25). PAGO: pneumatic active gait orthosis, PGO: powered gait orthosis, WBCO: weight bearing control orthosis, TDFO: two degree of freedom orthosis, DGO: driven gait orthosis, HAL: hybrid assistive limb and LEPE: lowered extremity powered exoskeleton.

Type of orthosis	Reporting (total score 10)	External validity (total score 3)	Internal validity, bias (total score 7)	Internal validity, confounding (total score 7)
PAGO	3	1	0	0
PGO	4	1	0	0
WBCO	7	3	3	3
TDFO	6	3	3	3
DGO	6	0	0	0
HAL	1	0	0	0
Berkley orthosis	1	0	0	0
LEPE	1	0	0	0