Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Ankle range-of-motion

From: A prospective multi-center study of intramedullary nailing vs casting of stable tibial shaft fractures

	IMN	Cast	P value
3 months
Dorsiflxion	27.5	7.4	0.012
Plantarflexion	38.6	12.4	0.027
6 months
Dorsiflexion, degrees	15.0	12.3	0.26
Plantar flexion, degrees	33.4	36.7	0.94
12 months
Dorsiflexion, degrees	13.2	12.3	0.66
Plantar flexion, degrees	38.6	39.2	0.91

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