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Table 1 Baseline demographic data

From: Can short-term effectiveness of anti-pronation taping predict the long-term outcomes of customized foot orthoses: developing predictors to identify characteristics of patients with plantar heel pain likely to benefit from customized foot orthoses

Variable

All Subjects (n = 74)

Success (n = 49)

Nonsuccess (n = 25)

p value

Age, year

48.4 ± 14.5

49.0 ± 14.1

47.2 ± 14.6

0.630

Women, n (%)

57 (77.0%)

38 (77.6%)

19 (76.0%)

1.000

Body mass index, kg/m2

23.8 ± 3.7

24.1 ± 3.6

23.4 ± 4.0

0.453

Duration of symptom, month

30.3 ± 55.7

29.3 ± 45.1

32.1 ± 73.4

0.839

First-step pain NRS

4.6 ± 2.7

4.7 ± 2.7

4.3 ± 2.8

0.599

Usual pain NRS

4.9 ± 1.8

5.1 ± 1.7

4.4 ± 1.9

0.122*

PSFS

4.6 ± 1.5

4.6 ± 1.5

4.5 ± 1.6

0.810

FFI

34.3 ± 17.6

35.2 ± 16.2

32.5 ± 20.3

0.533

Weekly working time, hour

32.7 ± 22.4

32.7 ± 23.0

32.8 ± 21.6

0.992

Daily weight-bearing time, hour

3.1 ± 2.9

3.0 ± 2.6

3.3 ± 3.3

0.672

Dominant leg: right, n (%)

67 (90.5%)

43 (87.8%)

24 (96.0%)

0.411

Mode of onset: gradual, n (%)

48 (64.9%)

30 (61.2%)

18 (72.0%)

0.567

Episode: first, n (%)

44 (59.5%)

29 (59.2%)

15 (60.0%)

1.000

  1. *p < 0.15
  2. NRS numeric rating scale, PSFS patient-specific functional scale, FFI foot function index
  3. Data present as mean ± SD for continuous variables and percent for categorical variables