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What is Ankle Foot Orthosis AFO?

An AFO or "foot brace" is a plastic brace fastened with velcro straps around the foot to prevent tripping or foot drop.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Foot drop 197 43 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 89 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none
Improve mobility 37 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Stiffness/Spasticity 31 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 26 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Foot drop (left) 13 3 Efficacy_major

See all 331 patients currently using Ankle Foot Orthosis AFO

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Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 62   Other: 50%
Did not seem to work 31   Did not seem to work: 25%
Course of treatment ended 24   Course of treatment ended: 19%
Side effects too severe 8   Side effects too severe: 6%
Doctor's advice 6   Doctor's advice: 5%
Not indicated 5   Not indicated: 4%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 2%

See all 119 patients who’ve stopped using Ankle Foot Orthosis AFO

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

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Ankle Foot Orthosis AFO

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How Long Patients Used Before Stopping

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Ankle Foot Orthosis AFO

Always
 49 54%
Usually
 23 26%
Sometimes
 11 12%
Never
 7 8%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Ankle Foot Orthosis AFO

Very
 7 8%
Somewhat
 18 20%
A little
 25 28%
Not at all
 40 44%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Ankle Foot Orthosis AFO

$200+
 9 22%
$100-199
 2 5%
$50-99
 3 7%
$25-49
 1 2%
< $25
 26 63%

Report created on May 27, 2012.