Background: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the robotic device used
in lower limb rehabilitation to reduce motor impairment and improve motor
performance in patients with traumatic spinal injury.Methods: The data were obtained by retrospective analysis of patients who
underwent lower extremity rehabilitation after traumatic spinal injury by
robot-assisted rehabilitation in the hospital between December 2017 and
December 2019. The results were statistically analyzed and shown as mean ± SD
(min-max).Results: A total of 51 patients with mean age of 59.51 ± 8.2 (38-72) were
admitted to the clinic. Mean ages of thirty-one male patients and twenty
females patients were 58.74 ± 8.88 (38 - 77) and 60.7 ± 7.09 (44-72),
respectively. Comparing ages in terms of gender, it was not statistically
significant (p = 0.441). Body mass indexes of male patients were 32.84 ± 6.52
(20 - 48) and 31.4 ± 7.73 (18 - 48) for females. Body
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