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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 The mechanism of the injury

From: Suprapatellar tibial fracture nailing is associated with lower rate for acute compartment syndrome and the need for fasciotomy compared with the infrapatellar approach

Mechanism of injury, n (%)

IP n = 513

SP n = 101

p = 0.275

Traffic

   

Car

10 (2)

4 (4)

 

Motorbike

36 (7)

4 (4)

 

Bicycle

25 (5)

4 (4)

 

Pedestrian

20 (4)

3 (3)

 

Fall

   

Same level

249 (49)

51 (51)

 

Stairs/ < 1 m

35 (7)

5 (5)

 

From heights > 1 m

16 (3)

4 (4)

 

Sports

   

Soccer, ice hockey, tennis, padel, etc.

32 (6)

3 (3)

 

Skiing (cross country and slalom) and snowboarding

10 (2)

2 (2)

 

Motor sports

8 (2)

2 (2)

 

Martial arts

0 (0)

1 (1)

 

Running, track and field, and athletics

1 (0)

0 (0)

 

Cycling

2 (0)

0 (0)

 

Other sport

15 (3)

6 (6)

 

Other

54 (11)

9 (9)

 
  1. IP infrapatellar approach, SP suprapatellar approach. No statistical differences could not be detected between the study groups