Effect of a rigid ankle foot orthosis and an ankle foot orthosis with an oil damper plantar flexion resistance on pelvic and thoracic movements of patients with stroke during gait

Table 1 Profiles of participants with stroke

	AFO-OD (n = 14)	RAFO (n = 15)	p-value
Gender	Male: 12, female:2	Male: 12, female:3
Age(years)	51.07 ± 12.55	50.07 ± 15.44	0.850
Body height(cm)	171.64 ± 7.97	168.33 ± 5.64	0.205
Body weight(kg)	72.64 ± 11.78	74.17 ± 13.04	0.744
BMI	24.52 ± 2.43	26.02 ± 3.38	0.183
Diagnosis	Cerebral hemorrhage:4	Cerebral hemorrhage:5
	Cerebral infarction:10	Cerebral infarction:10
Paretic side	Left:6, Right:8	Left:5, Right:10
Time since onset(days)	154.64 ± 75.46	108.53 ± 45.84	0.055
Brunnstrom stage of lower extremities	III:5, IV:7, V:2	III:6, IV:7, V:2
Fugl-Meyer balance	10.00(8–13)	10.00(8–12)	0.914
Functional ambulation category	II:4, III:6, IV:4,V:0	II:4, III:9, IV:2, V:0

Fugl-Meyer Balance: median(range), others: mean ± standard deviation; AFO-OD: AFO with an oil damper; RAFO: rigid AFO; AFO: ankle foot orthosis

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