Table 2.
Clinical Comparison of Sports Injuries During and Before the COVID-19 Pandemica
| Pandemic | Prepandemic | P | |
| Extremity | <0.001 | ||
| Upper | 195 (75.9) | 478 (51.6) | |
| Lower | 57 (22.2) | 400 (43.1) | |
| Head/spine | 5 (1.9) | 49 (5.3) | |
| Type of injury | <0.001 | ||
| Fracture | 215 (83.7) | 511 (55.1) | |
| Sprain/strain | 6 (2.3) | 165 (17.8) | |
| Contusion | 6 (2.3) | 70 (7.6) | |
| Dislocation | 3 (1.2) | 45 (4.9) | |
| Concussion | 3 (1.2) | 57 (6.1) | |
| Rupture/full-thickness tear | 2 (0.8) | 41 (4.4) | |
| Others | 22 (8.6) | 38 (4.1) | |
| Mechanism of injury | <0.001 | ||
| Fall from height | 199 (77.4) | 351 (37.9) | |
| Collision | 23 (8.9) | 306 (33.0) | |
| Noncontact running/jumping | 18 (7.0) | 179 (19.3) | |
| Others | 17 (6.6) | 91 (9.8) | |
| Setting of injury | <0.001 | ||
| Home | 100 (38.9) | 81 (8.7) | |
| Sports | 39 (15.2) | 662 (71.4) | |
| School | 0 (0) | 71 (7.7) | |
| Others | 118 (45.9) | 113 (12.2) | |
| Activity at the time of injury | <0.001 | ||
| Bicycling | 135 (52.5) | 102 (11.0) | |
| Skating/rollerblading | 21 (8.2) | 29 (3.1) | |
| Basketball | 16 (6.2) | 125 (13.5) | |
| Gymnastics | 15 (5.8) | 37 (4.0) | |
| Soccer | 12 (4.7) | 210 (22.7) | |
| Baseball/softball | 1 (0.4) | 87 (9.4) | |
| Running | 8 (3.1) | 49 (5.3) | |
| Football | 6 (2.3) | 33 (3.6) | |
| Others | 43 (16.7) | 255 (27.5) | |
| Primary treatment | <0.001 | ||
| Removable brace/splint | 106 (41.2) | 429 (46.3) | |
| Cast | 97 (37.7) | 200 (21.6) | |
| Surgery | 38 (14.8) | 72 (7.8) | |
| Observation | 11 (4.3) | 140 (15.1) | |
| Physical therapy | 5 (1.9) | 80 (8.6) | |
| Others | 0 (0.0) | 6 (0.6) |
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Values reported as n (%). Significance was set at p<0.05 for this study.