Table 4.

Patient orientation following the initial visit

	APP group (%)	Orthopaedic surgeon group (%)	Total (%)
Discharge	359 (85.9)	99 (49)	458 (73.9)
Physiotherapy	27 (6.5)	9 (4.5)	36 (5.8)
Clinical follow-up	0	93 (46)	93 (15)
Clinical follow-up alone	0	36 (17.8)	36 (5.8)
Including radiological investigation or any intervention (cast or surgery)	N/A	51 (25.2)	51 (8.2)
Combined with physiotherapy	0	6 (3)	6 (1)
Orthopaedic consultation	31 (7.4)	N/A	31 (5)
Other medical consultation	1 (0.2)	1 (0.5)	2 (0.3)

APP advanced practice physiotherapy.