Table 2: Characteristics of patients and orthosis at discharge.
KAFO, Knee-ankle-foot orthosis; AFO, ankle-foot orthosis; SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage; MMSE, Mini-mental state examination; BRS, Brunnstrom stage; FIM, functional independence measure, FAC, Functional ambulation classification.
| I. No orthosis N=665 | II. AFO N=328 | III. KAFO N=47 | P value | Steel‒Dwass test P < .05 |
| Age years old | 69 (13-94) | 65 (12-90) | 71 (53-92) | <.0001 | I versus II II versus III |
| Gender male/female | 401/ 264 | 223 /105 | 26 /22 | .0252 | |
| Etiology hemorrhage/infarction/ SAH | 235/347/83 | 147/168/13 | 20/24/3 | <.0001 | |
| Lesion side right/left/both | 274/288/103 | 164/149/15 | 12/29/6 | <.0001 | |
| Infratentorial lesion, N | 130 (20.8) | 37 (11.35) | 4 (8.5) | .0002 | |
| Duration from the onset days | 31 (7-220) | 30 (9-167) | 42 (10-64) | .0006 | I versus III II versus III |
| MMSE (/30) on admission | 27 (0-30) | 25 (0-30) | 24 (1-30) | <.0001 | I versus II I versus III |
| Neglect on admission, N | 109 (16.4) | 92 (28.8) | 35 (74.5) | <.0001 | |
| Aphasia on admission, N | 171 (25.7) | 26(7.9) | 7 (14.9) | <.0001 | |
| BRS on admission (I/II/III/IV/V/VI-) | 0/10/11/34/221/389 | 16/36/45/52/26/19 | 1/6/10/7/12/11 | <.0001 | |
| FIM score on admission/126 | 75 (18-126) | 51 (18-126) | 23 (18-54) | <.0001 | I versus II, III II versus III |
| FIM score at discharge/126 | 103 (18-298) | 86 (24-126) | 29 (18-72) | <.0001 | I versus II, III II versus III |
| Length of stay days | 48 (-25-298) | 83.5 (2-181) | 76 (3-189) | <.0001 | I versus II, III |
| FIM gain | 17(-25-89) | 29 (-14-86) | 4 (-4-32) | <.0001 | I versus II, III II versus III |
| FIM efficiency | 0.35 (-0.76-3) | 0.34 (-0.20-1.07) | 0.045(-0.06-0.38) | <.0001 | I versus III II versus III |
| FAC >=4, N | 436 (70.2) | 197 (29.9) | 0 | 0 <.0001 | |
| Return home, N | 530 (76.6) | 255 (77.7) | 12 (25.5) | <.0001 | |