Table 1 Patient characteristics in the three assessed groups

Number

34

5

6

45

Gender (male/female)

28/6

5/0

2/4

35/10

Age (years)

33.91 ± 15.28

31.2 ± 14.66

15.5 ± 8.48

31.16 ± 15.76

Myoatrophy (+/-)

11/23

1/4

1/5

13/32

Left/right

19/15

2/3

2/4

23/22

Injuries cause

 Trauma

24

5

4

33

  Cut wounds

5

4

1

10

  Traffic accident

8

0

0

8

  Falling wound

5

0

1

6

  Knee dislocation

3

1

2

6

  Crush injury

2

0

0

2

  Unknown

1

0

0

1

 Local compression

5

0

1

6

 Iatrogenic injury

2

0

0

2

 Strenuous exercise

2

0

0

2

 Poisoning

1

0

0

1

 Unknown reason

0

0

1

1