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

Table 8 Accuracy statistics for 5 levels of the clinical predictors* (95% confidence intervals)

Variable	Sensitivity	Specificity	Positive likelihood ratio	Posttest probability
5	0.06 (0.01, 0.17)	1.00 (0.86, 1.00)	inf (inf, inf)	100% (100, 100%)
4+	0.35 (0.22, 0.50)	0.96 (0.80, 1.00)	8.67 (1.22, 61.48)	94% (71, 99%)
3+	0.86 (0.73, 0.94)	0.80 (0.59, 0.93)	4.29 (1.94, 9.46)	89% (79, 95%)
2+	0.98 (0.89, 1.00)	0.32 (0.15, 0.54)	1.44 (1.10, 1.89)	74% (68, 79%)
1+	1.00 (0.93, 1.00)	0.08 (0.01, 0.26)	1.09 (0.97, 1.22)	68% (65, 71%)

inf: infinity
*Predictors: the average pain intensity decreased by over 1.5 points with taping, ankle plantarflexion ROM > 54 degrees, the strength of ankle plantarflexors on the symptomatic side equal to or stronger than that on the contralateral side, hip internal rotation ROM < 39 degrees, and hip external rotation ROM > 45 degrees

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