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Table 2 Differences in gait patterns between ankle fracture groups and controls

From: Clinical outcomes following ankle fracture: a cross-sectional observational study

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Unimalleolar

Bimalleolar

Trimalleolar

Healthy controls

p

Velocity (cm/s)

74.8 (29.0)

48.2 (21.6)

56.7 (23.8)

118.0 (20.2)

pā€‰<ā€‰0.001

[56.4-93.2]

[36.2-60.1]

[42.9-70.4]

[113.3-122.8]

Involved SL (cm)

61.6 (11.5)

41.6 (12.9)

48.1 (13.5)

62.9 (8.0)

pā€‰<ā€‰0.001

[44.3-59.0]

[34.5-48.8]

[40.3-55.9]

[61.1-64.8]

Uninvolved SL (cm)

43.0 (14.7)

26.2 (12.4)

30.4 (13.9)

62.8 (8.3)

pā€‰<ā€‰0.001

[33.6-52.3]

[19.4-33.1]

[22.4-38.5]

[60.9-64.8]

Involved SLS (% GC)

29.6 (6.8)

21.6 (6.2)

22.5 (7.6)

39.9 (1.5)

pā€‰<ā€‰0.001

[25.3-33.9]

[18.2-25.0]

[18.1-26.9]

[39.5-40.2]

Uninvolved SLS (% GC)

33.9 (5.7)

37.5 (5.5)

36.9 (7.2)

39.9 (1.5)

pā€‰<ā€‰0.001

[30.3-37.5]

[34.5-40.5]

[32.8-41.0]

[39.6-40.3]

  1. Abbreviations: SL step length, SLS single limb support, GC gait cycle. Significance was set to pā€‰<ā€‰0.05.