To evaluate the efficacy of end-effector RAGT in subacute stroke patients in terms of clinical outcomes and gait kinematics, comparing them with conventional gait rehabilitation program, patients following first ever stroke in sub-acute phase will be recruited and assessed both clinically and instrumentally (Gait Analysis) at baseline (T0) and at the end of training program (T1). The patients will be divided into 2 groups and will conduct two different types of gait training: one group will be recruited by IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana of Rome and will perform, in addition to conventional therapy, gait training using an end-effector robotic device for RAGT(Robotic Group, RG); and another group will be recruited by the Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation Onlus of Rome, and will perform conventional gait rehabilitation program(Conventional Group, CG).
To date, no studies seems to compare conventional gait rehabilitation program with end-effector RAGT in subacute stroke patients by analysing the variations of gait kinematics beyond clinical multi prospective outcomes.~The aim of this pilot study is to evaluate the efficacy of end-effector RAGT in subacute stroke patients in terms of clinical outcomes and gait kinematics, comparing them with conventional gait rehabilitation program.