Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of veterans who participated in the survey

Variable	Frequency (Percentage)	Mean ± SD	Minimum-Maximum
Ankle/ft disorder(n = 907)
Unilateral	641 (70.67)	–	–
Bilateral	266 (29.33)	–	–
Associated disorders in addition to ankle/ft disorder (n = 462)
Chemical	50 (10.82)	–	–
Neurologic/mental	222 (48.05)	–	–
Somatic	99 (21.43)	–	–
Combination of all three types	91 (19.70)	–	–
Time since injury (year) (n = 907)
0–10	11 (1.21)	–	–
11–20	20 (2.21)	–	–
21–30	410 (45.20)	–	–
31–40	466 (51.38)	–	–
Experience of orthosis use (n = 887)
Has experience	379 (42.73)	–	–
Has no experience	508 (57.27)	–	–
How many days a week putting on orthoses (n = 208)	–	6.21 ± 1.68	0–7
Daily hours wearing orthosis (n = 208)	–	6.59 ± 3.75	0–20
Orthosis use during work (n = 378)
Use	116 (30.69)	–	–
No use	262 (69.31)	–	–
Participation in social activities, sports, and recreation
Nonparticipation	640 (70.56)	–	–
Participation	267 (29.44)	–	–
Using orthosis during social activities, sports, and recreation (n = 267)
Use	93 (34.83)	–	–
No use	174 (65.17)	–	–
Fitting quality of the current shoe (n = 508)
Unacceptable	291 (57.28)	–	–
Acceptable	217 (42.72)	–	–
Fitting quality of the current orthosis (n = 99)
Unacceptable	54 (54.54)	–	–
Acceptable	45 (45.45)
Scoliosis (n = 717)
Yes	155 (21.62)	–	–
No	562 (78.38)	–	–
Kyphosis (n = 712)
Yes	44 (6.18)	–	–
No	668 (93.82)	–	–
Hyperlordosis (n = 721)
Yes	56 (7.77)	–	–
No	665 (92.23)	–	–
Iliac crest level (n = 705)
Equality	431 (61.13)	–	–
Inequality	274 (38.87)	–	–
Leg length discrepancy (n = 907)
Yes	639 (70.45)	–	–
No	268 (29.55)	–	–

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