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Table 4 Orthopedic Injuries in Ligamentous and Non Ligamentous Knee Injury Patients

From: Prevalence of ligamentous knee injuries in pedestrian versus motor vehicle accidents

 

Overall (N = 539)

No Ligamentous Knee Injury (N = 472)

Ligamentous Knee Injury (N = 67)

 

Count (%)

Count (%)

Count (%)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

Cervical Spine Injury

 No

464 (86.1%)

412 (87.3%)

52 (77.6%)

  

 Yes

75 (14.2%)

60 (12.7%)

15 (22.4%)

0.0335

2.0 (1.1–3.7)

Thoracic Spine Injury

 No

474 (87.8%)

418 (88.6%)

56 (83.6%)

  

 Yes

65 (12.2%)

54 (11.7%)

11 (15.9%)

0.2445

1.5 (0.8–3.1)

Lumbar Spine Injury

 No

456 (84.6%)

407 (86.2%)

49 (73.1%)

  

 Yes

83 (15.4%)

65 (13.8%)

18 (26.1%)

0.0056

2.3 (1.3–4.2)

Upper Extremity Fracture

 No

383 (71.1%)

335 (71.0%)

48 (71.6%)

  

 Yes

156 (28.9%)

137 (29.0%)

19 (28.4%)

0.9103

0.96 (0.5–1.7)

Pelvic Ring Injury

 No

408 (75.7%)

365 (77.3%)

43 (64.2%)

  

 Yes

131 (24.3%)

107 (22.7%)

24 (35.8%)

0.0188

1.9 (1.1–3.3)

Acetabular Fracture

 No

492 (91.3%)

437 (92.6%)

55 (82.1%)

  

 Yes

47 (8.7%)

35 (7.4%)

12 (17.9%)

0.0044

2.7 (1.3–5.6)

Proximal Femur Fracture

 No

509 (94.4%)

448 (94.9%)

61 (91.0%)

  

 Yes

30 (5.6%)

24 (5.1%)

6 (9.0%)

0.1960

1.8 (0.7–4.7)

Diaphyseal Femur Fracture

 No

512 (95.0%)

448 (94.9%)

64 (95.5%)

  

 Yes

27 (5.0%)

24 (5.1%)

3 (4.5%)

0.8312

1.9 (0.9–3.8)

Distal Femur Fracture

 No

532 (98.7%)

468 (99.2%)

64 (95.5%)

  

 Yes

7 (1.3%)

4 (0.8%)

3 (4.5%)

0.0141

5.5 (1.2–25.1)

Patellar Fracture

 No

531 (98.5%)

467 (98.9%)

64 (95.5%)

  

 Yes

8 (1.5%)

5 (1.1%)

3 (4.5%)

0.0304

4.4 (1.0–18.8)

Quadriceps tendon injury

 No

538 (99.8%)

471 (99.8%)

67 (100.0%)

  

 Yes

1 (0.2%)

1 (0.2%)

0 (0.0%)

0.7061

0.99 (0.99–1.1)

Patellar tendon injury

 No

537 (99.6%)

471 (99.8%)

66 (98.5%)

  

 Yes

2 (0.4%)

1 (0.2%)

1 (1.5%)

0.1067

7.1 (0.4–115.4)

Tibial Plateau Fracture

 No

491 (91.1%)

447 (94.7%)

44 (65.7%)

  

 Yes

48 (8.9%)

25 (5.3%)

23 (34.3%)

<.0001

4.1 (2.4 - 7.1)

Tibial shaft fracture

 No

483 (89.6%)

423 (89.6%)

60 (89.6%)

  

 Yes

56 (10.4%)

49 (10.4%)

7 (10.4%)

0.9867

1.0 (0.4–2.3)

Tibial pilon fracture

 No

530 (98.3%)

467 (98.9%)

63 (94.0%)

  

 Yes

9 (1.7%)

5 (1.1%)

4 (6.0%)

0.0033

5.9 (1.6–22.7)

Ankle Fracture +/− Dislocation

 No

491 (91.1%)

428 (90.7%)

63 (94.0%)

  

 Yes

48 (8.9%)

44 (9.3%)

4 (6.0%)

0.3674

0.6 (0.2–1.8)

Hindfoot Fracture +/− Dislocation

 No

527 (97.8%)

461 (97.7%)

66 (98.5%)

  

 Yes

12 (2.2%)

11 (2.3%)

1 (1.5%)

0.6635

0.6 (0.1–5.00

Midfoot Fracture +/− Dislocation

 No

527 (97.8%)

460 (97.5%)

67 (100.0%)

  

 Yes

12 (2.2%)

12 (2.5%)

0 (0.0%)

0.1869

0.97 (0.96–0.99)

Forefoot Fracture +/− Dislocation

 No

514 (95.4%)

453 (96.0%)

61 (91.0%)

  

 Yes

25 (4.6%)

19 (4.0%)

6 (9.0%)

0.0726

2.3 (0.9–6.1)

Hip dislocation

 No

529 (98.1%)

464 (98.3%)

65 (97.0%)

  

 Yes

10 (1.9%)

8 (1.7%)

2 (3.0%)

0.4640

1.8 (0.4–8.6)

Knee dislocation

 No

532 (98.7%)

470 (99.6%)

62 (92.5%)

  

 Yes

7 (1.3%)

2 (0.4%)

5 (7.5%)

<.0001

19.0 (3.6–99.1)