Clinical Study
Ambulatory Function and Perception of Confidence in Persons with Stroke with a Custom-Made Hinged versus a Standard Ankle Foot Orthosis
Table 1
Description/Characteristics of the study population.
| | Sex | Age (years) | Hemiparetic side | Time since stroke (months) | Motor functiona | Muscle toneb | Time with DAFO (months) | Time with C-AFO (months) | Walking aid |
| | F | 26 | Right | 10 | 24 | 3 | 7.5 | 0.25 | | | F | 51 | Left | 14 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0.25 | | | F | 63 | Right | 10 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | crutch | | M | 54 | Right | 312 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 26.5 | | | F | 35 | Right | 36 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 24 | | | F | 65 | Left | 12 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 0.25 | cane | | F | 74 | Left | 55 | 12 | 2 | 3.5 | 48 | cane | | F | 72 | Left | 65 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 64 | cane | | F | 61 | Right | 200 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 51 | pole | | F | 67 | Right | 10 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 0.25 | crutch | | M | 56 | Left | 56 | 23 | 4 | 13.5 | 6 | quadripod | | F | 52 | Right | 7 | 27 | 1 | 2.5 | 3 | |
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FMA: a Fugl-Meyer Sensorimotor Assessment, leg section, maximum 34.
Modified Ashworth Scale, calf muscle, 0–5.
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