Tibial Plateau Fractures: Not an Elegy to Football Practice

Tibial plate fractures are rare in sports and often associated with high-impact trauma. The most usual classification used in tibial plate fractures is the Schatzker Classification, graded from I to VI, according to the level of comminution of the lesion. There is a scarcity of reports of athletes who have suffered this kind of fracture while playing football or futsal. We present a report of a 37-year-old athlete who suffered a Schatzker V fracture while playing futsal. The athlete had surgical intervention by means of open reduction internal fixation with a plate and screws and was enrolled in a rehabilitation program focusing on quadriceps strengthening and gait training. Nine months after the fracture, our patient resumed playing, an outcome that is quite rare in these complex lesions.