Patient demographic and injury characteristics
| Medium-term follow-up | Longitudinal MDT rehabilitation (≥2 admissions) | |||
| All patients | Received ≥1 MDT rehabilitation admission post-PDAFO provision | Did not receive MDT rehabilitation post-PDAFO provision | ||
| n | 23 | 14 | 9 | 16 |
| Age (years) | 33±7 (23–53) | 31±7 (23–48) | 35±8 (29–53) | 31±5 (23–43) |
| Gender (% male) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Body height (cm) | 181±6 (167–192) | 180±6 (167–192) | 182±6 (168–190) | 180±6 (167–190) |
| Body mass (kg) | 90±12 (66–109) | 87±11 (66–106) | 93±14 (71–109) | 87±11 (66–106) |
| BMI (kg·m2) | 27±3 (22–32) | 27±2 (22–32) | 28±3 (23–32) | 27±3 (22–34) |
| BP | ||||
| Systolic | 134±11 (116–160) | 133±12 (116–160) | 136±10 (118–145) | 131±13 (116–160) |
| Diastolic | 77±10 (63–96) | 75±10 (63–96) | 79±9 (67–95) | 76±11 (63–96) |
| Mechanism of injury | ||||
| IED (%) | 9 (39) | 4 (29) | 5 (56) | 7 (44) |
| GSW (%) | 3 (13) | 2 (14) | 1 (11) | 2 (13) |
| RTA (%) | 3 (13) | 3 (21) | – | 2 (13) |
| Fall (%) | 3 (13) | 2 (14) | 1 (11) | 1 (6) |
| Sport (%) | 2 (9) | 1 (7) | 1 (11) | 1 (6) |
| Non-specific MSK disorder (%) | 3 (13) | 2 (14) | 1 (11) | 3 (19) |
| Injury type* | ||||
| Fracture (%) | 17 (74) | 10 (71) | 7 (78) | 10 (63) |
| Nerve damage (%) | 8 (35) | 6 (43) | 2 (22) | 6 (38) |
| Degenerative joint (%) | 2 (9) | 1 (7) | 1 (11) | 1 (6) |
| Bone segment injured† | ||||
| Tibia/fibula (%) | 5 (29) | 4 (40) | 1 (14) | 6 (60) |
| Malleolus (%) | 4 (24) | 2 (20) | 2 (29) | 1 (10) |
| Hind foot (%) | 10 (59) | 6 (60) | 4 (57) | 7 (70) |
| Mid-foot (%) | 5 (29) | 1 (10) | 4 (57) | 2 (20) |
| Additional complications/diagnosis | ||||
| Compartment syndrome (%) | 2 (9) | 1 (7) | 1 (11) | 1 (6) |
The values are given as the number of patients, with the percentage in parentheses.
BMI, body mass index; GSW, gunshot wound; IED, improvised explosive device; MDT, multidisciplinary team; MSK, musculoskeletal; PDAFO, passive-dynamic ankle-foot orthosis; RTA, road traffic accident.
*The injury types do not add up to the number of patients because some patients had multiple injuries.
†The numbers do not add up to the number of patients with fracture because some patients had injuries to multiple bone segments. The percentages of patients with fractured bone segments are a reflection of the total number of patients who experienced a fracture, not the total number of patients in each injury group.