Study name | Type of association | What was reported? | Were outcomes improved in compliant patients? |
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Cuff 2012 [9] | Statistical quantitative analysis | Comparison of outcomes between compliance groups | Yes |
Groth 1994 [10] | Statistical quantitative analysis | Comparison of outcomes between compliance groups | Yes |
Guillodo 2011 [23] | Statistical quantitative analysis | Correlation between length of brace use + subjective assessment of recovery | No |
Midgley 2011 [25] | Narrative analysis | States no difference in outcomes with length of orthosis use | No |
O’Brien 2011 [11] | Statistical quantitative analysis | Correlation between compliance + clinical outcome | Mixed |
Rives 1992 [13] | Descriptive quantitative analysis | Outcomes for each group without statistical comparison | Yes |
Roh 2016 [12] | Statistical quantitative analysis | Multivariate regression analysis of adherence as a predictor of outcome | Yes |
Sandford 2008 [28] | Narrative analysis | Recorded individual compliance of patients with poor outcome | Inconclusive |
Silverio 2014 [27] | Statistical quantitative analysis | Correlation between compliance + clinical outcome | No |