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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 6 Fracture distribution with respect to ambulation according to the classification of Hoffer et al. [19]

From: Fractures in myelomeningocele

Ambulation

Number of patients (%)

Number of fractures (%)

Class 1 (community ambulators)

18 (19.6)

30 (17.7)

Class 2 (household ambulators)

10 (10.9)

14 (8.2)

Class 3 (nonfunctional ambulators)

31 (33.7)

66 (38.8)

Class 4 (nonambulators)

33 (35.9)

60 (35.3)

Total

92 (100)

170 (100)