Clustering trunk movements of children and adolescents with neurological gait disorders undergoing robot-assisted gait therapy: the functional ability determines if actuated pelvis movements are clinically useful.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis examination was part of a research project, which was approved by the Cantonal Ethics Committee of Zurich (BASEC-Nr. 2019-02116) and was conducted in accordance to the Declaration of Helsinki. Information about the study has been presented orally to the participants and their legal guardians in advance. Participants younger than 14 years were included upon verbal assent, while participants aged 14 or older had to provide additional written assent to participate in the study. Written informed consent by a legal guardian was required for all participants. Consent for publicationAll authors have approved the manuscript for submission. All participants gave written informed consent to publish these data. No individual details, images or videos from a person are included in the manuscript. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests and there are no financial competing interests to declare in relation to this manuscript. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests and there are no financial competing interests to declare in relation to this manuscript."

"Funding Olga Mayenfisch Foundation (RL), J&K Wonderland Foundation (TA, RL), Anna Müller Grocholski Foundation (NH), Stiftung Cerebral (FvD), Walter Muggli Fund of the ACCENTUS Foundation (FvD)."