Early knee-ankle-foot orthosis wear shortens hospital stays and improves activities of daily living in patients with stroke
Early KAFO wearing had a positive impact on the LOS and ADL, irrespective of stroke severity.
Authors
- Seiji Tanaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-2039)
- Takahiro Ogawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4775-5649)
- Keisuke Sato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2579-6581)
- Masaki Koike
Institutions
- Imperial Household Agency (JP)
- Aichi Medical University (JP)
- Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital (JP)
- Kinan Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Prosthetics and Orthotics International
- Published
- 2025-08-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pxr.0000000000000480
- Primary Topic
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00