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The objective was to examine the influence of social, physical and psychological factors in determining the usage/non usage of reciprocating gait orthoses (RGO) in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients.After 1 year follow-up 1 (46%) of our patients no longer used RGO. There was no statistically significant difference between patients who used the RGO and those who rejected the orthosis withregard to social and physical data. There was a significant difference (P=0.002
at the end of training and P=0.003 at 1 year follow up) with regard to functional ambulation level. With regard to psychological enquiry RGO-non users showed a higher frequency of values over the mean in the E scale (extroversion) of the EPQ than RGO-users (P=0.005)None of the identified parameters were useful to predict the use/rejection of the orthosis. Although they need to be confirmed, our psychological data suggest that extensive psychological testing could be useful to sharpen the ability to predict.

Langue : ANGLAIS

Tiré à part : OUI

Identifiant basis : 2000213545