Robotically assisted treadmill exercise training for improving peak fitness in chronic motor incomplete spinal cord injury: A randomized controlled trial

Assessed by RV004 · Research Assistant

Assessed on 3 Nov 2025

OverallReviewer's overall integrity assessment, derived from all research questions Some concerns

DOI 10.1179/2045772314y.0000000281 (opens in new tab)

Resource ripekg:research-integrity-assessment/RIPEAB6FD7F5A6EC99848

5 Research Questions · 2 Evidence Items

Q1.1 — Does the study have an associated retraction?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemNo

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsNo

Rationale: No rationale provided

Q1.2 — Does the study have an associated expression of concern or other relevant post-publication notice?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemNo

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsN/A

Rationale: No rationale provided

Q1.3 — Do other studies by the research team highlight causes for concern?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemNo

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsN/A

Rationale: No rationale provided

Q2.2 — Are there concerns relating to the timing or absence of study registration?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemUnclear

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsUnclear

Rationale: I have also been unable to find the recruitment start date in the trial report or the trial registry, which raises some concerns.

Supporting Evidence (2)

Clinical Trial RegistrationSource: Clinical trial registry (e.g. ClinicalTrials.gov, ISRCTN)

Registration ID: NCT00385918

Registry: ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry Link: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00385918 (opens in new tab)

Registration Date: 10-10-2006

Prospective:Whether the trial was registered before participant recruitment began No

Assessment Rationale:How INSPECT-AI determined the prospective registration status by comparing dates LLM-extracted recruitment start date (normalized_date) is missing or empty.

Study Design EvidenceDates and timelines extracted by INSPECT-AI from the publication text

Recruitment Start: N/A

Recruitment Start Rationale:INSPECT-AI's reasoning for how it identified the recruitment start date No recruitment start date found.

Recruitment End: N/A

Recruitment End Rationale:INSPECT-AI's reasoning for how it identified the recruitment end date No recruitment finish date found.

Study End: N/A

Study End Rationale:INSPECT-AI's reasoning for how it identified the study end date No study end date found.

Overall — What is the overall integrity assessment of the study?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemN/A

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsSome concerns

Rationale: The study does not specify the recruitment start and end dates. In my personal judgment, it is good practice to include these details. However, the study remains consistent and can definitely be used in research.