Table 3 Fractures in children with cerebral palsy according to fracture site, sex, GMFCS level, epilepsy status, and age
From: Epidemiology of fractures in children with cerebral palsy: a Swedish population-based registry study
Upper extremities | Thoracic spine | Lower extremities | Head | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Humerus—clavicula | Radius–ulna | Hand | Femur | Tibia–fibula | Foot | ||||
Boys | 48 (20) | 39 (16) | 34 (14) | 2 (1) | 20 (8) | 35 (15) | 33 (14) | 27 (11) | 238 |
Girls | 41 (21) | 37 (19) | 20 (10) | 3 (2) | 21 (11) | 36 (18) | 24 (12) | 16 (8) | 198 |
GMFCS level | |||||||||
I | 44 (23) | 50 (26) | 28 (15) | 1 (1) | 4 (2) | 24 (13) | 26 (14) | 13 (7) | 190 |
II | 14 (20) | 11 (16) | 8 (12) | 3 (4) | 4 (6) | 13 (19) | 9 (13) | 7 (10) | 69 |
III | 4 (13) | 7 (23) | 7 (23) | 0 | 1 (3) | 5 (16) | 3 (10) | 4 (13) | 31 |
IV | 10 (18) | 5 (9) | 6 (11) | 1 (2) | 6 (11) | 13 (24) | 7 (13) | 7 (13) | 55 |
V | 10 15) | 1 (1.5) | 4 (6) | 0 | 22 (32) | 11 (16) | 10 (15) | 10 (15) | 68 |
Missing data | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
Epilepsy | 38 (18) | 29 (14) | 24 (11) | 1 (0.5) | 31 (15) | 33 (15) | 28 (13) | 29 (14) | 213 |
No epilepsy | 51 (23) | 47 (21) | 30 (13) | 4 (2) | 10 (4) | 38 (17) | 29 (13) | 14 (6) | 223 |
Birth year | |||||||||
2000–2004 | 46 (18) | 50 (19) | 37 (14) | 3 (1) | 25 (10) | 41 (16) | 36 (14) | 20 (8) | 258 |
2005–2010 | 38 (27) | 23 (16) | 16 (11) | 0 (0) | 9 (6) | 24 (17) | 16 (11) | 16 (11) | 142 |
2011–2015 | 5 (14) | 3 (8) | 1 (3) | 2 (6) | 7 (19) | 6 (17) | 5 (14) | 7 (19) | 36 |
Total | 89 (20) | 76 (17) | 54 (12) | 5 (1) | 41 (9) | 71 (16) | 57 (13) | 43 (10) | 436 |