Table 4.

Self-reported aspects of brace that prevented greater use

Brace aspect	Number of patients
	Brace used at least 1 year?
	No (n = 42)	Yes (n = 20)
The brace causes skin irritation or swelling	17 (40%)	4 (20%)
The brace does not fit well enough or was too uncomfortable	25 (60%)	2 (10%)
The brace does not help my symptoms enough to make it worth wearing	21 (50%)	2 (10%)
The brace is hard to put on/take off	7 (17%)	0
The brace is too hard to wear with the clothes that I wanted to wear for the activities I wanted to do	13 (31%)	6 (30%)
The brace is too heavy or too bulky	14 (33%)	4 (20%)

Remaining surveys (27) submitted with this question omitted.