Table 2.
Fracture locations and associated mechanisms of injury
| Patient | Gender | Age at Quest |
Location | Age at Fracture |
Recur | MLC | Mechanism |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | 13yrs | Femur | 3 yrs | N | SLT | Fell while standing on beach |
| Femur | 3 yrs | N | NT | No mechanism identified (began limping) |
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| Finger | 4 yrs | N | Unknown | ||||
| Tibia | 3 yrs | N | SLT | Slipped & fell from standing | |||
| 2 | M | 20 yrs | Fibula | 20 yrs | N | SLT | Wrestling |
| 3 | F | 3 yrs | Tib/Fib | 2 yrs | N | SLT | Stepped on a remote control |
| 4 | F | 13 yrs | Femur | 5 yrs | N | SLT | Fell from standing with preceding pain |
| Forearm | 7 yrs | N | MT | Fell while rollerskating | |||
| 5 | M | 20 yrs | Metacarp | 5 yrs | N | MT | Fell on outstretched hand |
| 6 | F | 15 yrs | Femur | 3 yrs | N | SLT | Fell to ground while seated on toilet |
| Tib/Fib | 3 yrs | N | Unknown | ||||
| Femur | 4 yrs | N | SLT | Fell from standing | |||
| Femur | 4 yrs | N | SLT | Fell from standing | |||
| Tibia | 5 yrs | N | MT | Jumped off of swing | |||
| Arm | 9 yrs | N | SLT | Fell off of curb | |||
| Tib/Fib | 11 yrs | N | SLT | Fell from standing | |||
| 7 | M | 21 yrs | Femur | 6 yrs | N | SLT | Jump off one foot high platform |
| 8 | M | 5 yrs | Tibia | 3 yrs | N | SLT | Brother stepped on while pt. crawling |
| Tibia | 4 yrs | N | NT | No known trauma | |||
| Tibia | 5 yrs | Y | NT | No known trauma | |||
| 9 | M | 11 yrs | Tib/Fib | 4 yrs | N | SVT | Boat trailer fell on leg |
| 10 | M | 9 yrs | Femur | 7 yrs | N | SLT | Trip - Fell from standing |
| Forearm | 8 yrs | N | SLT | Trip – Fell from standing | |||
| 11 | F | 5 yrs | Foot | 4 yrs | N | SLT | 2 year old brother stepped on foot |
| 12 | F | 5 yrs | Tib/Fib | 1 yr | N | SLT | Fell from standing |
| Humerus | 9 mos | N | NT | Brother picked patient up | |||
| F arm | 1 yr | N | NT | Someone picked patient up | |||
Key: Age at Quest = Age at time of questionnaire; Recur = Fracture represents a recurrence with Y = yes and N = no; MLC = Estimated Modified Landin Category (17) with NT = No Trauma, SLT = Slight Traum a, MT = Moderate Trauma, and SVT = Severe Trauma