Research Article

Effect of a Semirigid Ankle Brace on the In Vivo Kinematics of Patients with Functional Ankle Instability during the Stance Phase of Walking

Table 1

Subject characteristics.

ControlFAI

Number of subjects108
Number of feet1010
Gender6M/4F3M/5F
Age (years)25.2±1.822.4±1.6
BMI (kg/m2)21.5±1.420.6±1.7
CAIT scores29.7±0.916.3±4.1

FAI: functional ankle instability; BMI: body mass index; CAIT scores: Cumberland ankle instability tool scores.
Mean values and their SD of age, BMI, and CAIT scores are listed in Table 1.