Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 8 Patient mobility, independent or with assistance
From: Combined pubic rami and sacral osteoporotic fractures: a prospective study
Prior to admission | Discharge | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % of sample | n | % of sample | |
Independent | 35 | 52.2 | 6 | 9.0 |
Stick | 14 | 20.9 | 9 | 13.4 |
Frame | 15 | 22.4 | 36 | 53.7 |
Furniture walk | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Wheel chair | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
Hoist | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11.9 |
Inpatient | n/a | n/a | 1 | 1.5 |
In-hospital mortality | n/a | n/a | 7 | 10.4 |