Table 2.

Mean age and modalities of injury leading to tibial spine avulsions in the paediatric population

Paper	Total no.	Mean age	Male to female ratio	Mechanism of injury
				Bicycle	Skiing	MVA	Sports	Other
1	6	12	2:4	1	4	0	1	0
2	31	12	9:22	–	–	16a	–	–
3	20	9	8:12	9	0	5	3	0
4	32	12	19:13	–	–	–	–	–
5	43	12	20:23	4	27	1	5	2
6	14	13	10:4	–	–	–	–	–
7	5	15	3:2	–	–	–	–	–
8	15	12	14:1	1	0	0	1	3
9	10	14	7:3	4	3	0	3	0
10	26	16	16:10	0	0	10	5	11
11 and 34	45	11	36:9	14	0	5	0	9
14	61	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
15	4	12	2:2	0	0	0	4	0
16	8	11	6:2	0	8	0	0	0
17	6	12	5:1	–	–	–	–	–
18	4	11	4:0	0	0	0	4	0
19	47	–	25:22	24	0	10	6	7
20	10	15	9:1	1	0	0	9	0
21	17	12	9:8	5	0	2	5	0
22	12	11	5:7	2	10	0	0	0
23	8	13	2:6	3	5	0	0	0
24	50	13	41:9	20	0	7	15	8
25	41	12	–	–	–	–	–	–
26	11	12	4:7	–	–	–	–	–
27	32	12	18:14	0	8	5	8	11
28	9	13	1:8	0	0	1	8	0
29	80	12	45:35	0	0	4	76	0
30	14	12	12:2	3.5b	0	3.5b	6	1
31	40	11	26:14	–	–	–	–	–
32	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
33	12	13	11:1	3.5c	0	4	3.5c	1
35	6	14	4:2	–	–	–	–	–
37	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
38	8	–	6:2	–	–	–	–	–
40	14	13	8:6	–	–	–	–	–
Totals	n = 766	12.4	1.5:1	95 21.1 %	65 14.5 %	73.5 16.4 %	162.5 36.2 %	53 11.8 %

^aDenotes other mechanisms of injury not mentioned in article

^bSeven cases attributed to either fall off bicycle or MVA

^cSeven cases attributed to either sports or fall off bicycle