Yeung, Ling-Fung
Lau, Cathy C. Y.
Lai, Charles W. K.
Soo, Yannie O. Y.
Chan, Man-Lok
Tong, Raymond K. Y. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4375-653X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Innovation and Technology Commission - Hong Kong (GHP/001/12)
Article History
Received: 8 June 2020
Accepted: 12 January 2021
First Online: 29 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the hospitals: The Joint Chinese University of Hong Kong—New Territories East Cluster Clinical Research (The Joint CUHK-NTEC CREC, Ref. No. 2016.317-T), and The University of Hong Kong—Hospital Authority Hong Kong West Cluster (HKU/HA HKW IRB, Ref. no. UW16-2053). This trial was designed following the principle of the Declaration of Helsinki. All recruited subjects read and signed consent form before participation.
: The person with stroke problem in Fig. InternalRef removedhas consented to the publication of the photograph.
: LFY and RKYT are co-inventors of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University-held patent for the exoskeleton ankle robot used in this study. All authors, however, are of no financial relationship whatsoever for the submitted work with Rehab-Robotics Company Ltd., the company under license agreement with the University.