Table 2.
Baseline data in subjects with surgically treated ankle fractures
| Variables |
Training group n = 50 |
Control group n = 55 |
p-value |
| Gender | 0.557a | ||
| - men | 19 | 24 | |
| - women | 31 | 31 | |
| Injured side | 0.573aa | ||
| - left | 30 | 30 | |
| - right | 20 | 25 | |
| Type of fracture | 0.111a | ||
| - supination | 42 | 38 | |
| - pronation | 8 | 17 | |
| Internal fixation | 0.408a | ||
| - uni-malleolar | 28 | 36 | |
| - bi-malleolar | 19 | 18 | |
| - tri-malleolar | 3 | 1 | |
| Operation technique | 0.559a | ||
| - Wiberg-Cedell | 26 | 34 | |
| - AO | 9 | 9 | |
| - Mixed technique | 15 | 12 | |
| Joint congruency post surgery | 1.000b | ||
| - complete | 49 | 54 | |
| - ≤ 2 mm in-congruency | 1 | 1 | |
| Reduction results post surgery | 0.390a | ||
| - complete | 29 | 25 | |
| - ≤ 2 mm displacement | 15 | 18 | |
| - > 2 mm displacement | 6 | 12 | |
| Complications | 0.604a | ||
| - no complications | 46 | 54 | |
| - superficial infection | 2 | 1 | |
| - deep vein thrombosis | 2 | 0 | |
| Sport before injury | 0.887a | ||
| - yes | 36 | 39 | |
| - no | 13 | 15 | |
| - missing information | 1 | 1 | |
| Activity level before injury | 0.169c | ||
| - walking (2) | 5/36 | 6/39 | |
| - long walking (3) | 8/36 | 14/39 | |
| - jogging 2 times/week plain ground (4) | 12/36 | 14/39 | |
| - jogging cross-country or aerobics 2 times/week 5) | 7/36 | 3/39 | |
| - jogging 5 times/week (6) | 5/36 | 2/39 | |
a Chi-Square test; b Fisher's Exact test; c Mann-Whitney U-test