Characteristics of randomized controlled trials of lower extremity interventions for post-stroke recovery in low-to-middle-income countries and high-income countries
The number of RCTs from LMICs has surpassed HICs on an annual basis after 2022. RCTs from LMICs are more often published in journals with lower JIF, despite similar quality. Interventions studied were similar, challenging broad assumptions about LMICs evaluating less costly interventions.
Authors
- Jamie L Fleet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9468-0697)
- Sue Peters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8245-5558)
- Michael W. Payne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5511-166X)
- Robert William Teasell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2644-7957)
- Ricardo Viana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0520-2352)
- Sarvenaz Mehrabi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1916-0173)
- Cecilia Flores‐Sandoval
- Lindsay Cameron
- Andrew Bowman
- Mohammad R. Safaei-Qomi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8325-6471)
Institutions
- Western University (CA)
- Lawson Health Research Institute (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation
- Published
- 2025-09-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10749357.2025.2563223
- Primary Topic
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00