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What is Drop Foot Brace?

Drop foot is often treated with the use of braces. The goal of bracing is to provide patients with a more normal and comfortable gait.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Drop Foot much worse--falling a lot. This is to help keep me from falling. 2 0
Foot drop (left) 2 0
Dragging foot 1 1 Efficacy_none
Weakness in left leg 1 0
drop foot and cramping/clubbing 1 0
stop tripping 1 0

See all 7 patients currently using Drop Foot Brace

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 0

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Drop Foot Brace

Pain 1
Foot drop (left) 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 50%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 50%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped using Drop Foot Brace

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Drop Foot Brace

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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0
0

How Long Patients Used Before Stopping

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Drop Foot Brace

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 1 100%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Drop Foot Brace

Very
 1 100%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Drop Foot Brace

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on May 27, 2012.