Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 5 Results of the outcome: return to sport (CI)
Endpoint | All-epiphyseal (N = 918) | Trans-epiphyseal (N = 575) | 95% CI | Effect size | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Return to sport (n) | 91% (423 of 467) | 88% (227 of 258) | 0.63–1.43 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Not able to return to sport (n) | 1% (3 of 467) | 7% (20 of 286) | 0.02–0.29 | 0.1 | 0.0001 |
Reduced the level of sport activity or league (n) | 12% (57 of 467) | 14% (36 of 265) | 0.56 to 1.38 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
Return to previous level of sport or league (n) | 82% (383 of 467) | 77% (241 of 314) | 0.97–1.96 | 1.4 | 0.07 |
Time to return to sport (months) | 7.7 ± 0.4 | 8.6 ± 2.3 | 0.74–1.05 | 0.9 | 0.01 |