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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5-6
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-10-6
pubmed:abstractText
A retrospective survey of 1,445 snowboarders and 10,152 skiers was undertaken to determine the incidence, pattern and severity of both snowboarding and skiing injuries. The incidence of snowboarding injury (0.33%) was higher than that of skiing injury (0.11%, P < 0. 01). Also, in showboarding there was frequent involvement of the arms (51.3%) when compared with skiing (25.9%, P < 0.001). In the arms, fracture (45.7%) was frequently observed in snowboarding, vs 31.3% in skiing. The wrist was the most affected site (18.7%, P < 0. 01) in snowboarding (skiing 2.3%), and the fracture rate was significantly high (71.6%, P < 0.001). The rate of dislocation of the elbow (27.7%) was also higher in snowboarding than in skiing (13. 5%, P < 0.001). Regarding arm injuries, 57.9% of injured snowboarders were beginners whose experience was shorter than 1 year, and 91.5% was caused by falling down. These results indicate that a snowboarding injury involving the upper limb region is a severe accident, with a frequent risk of fracture in the wrist and dislocation of the elbow. The severity of arm injuries in snowboarding seems to be caused by direct force on the wrist and elbow, which receive the full impact of a fall. These data suggest that beginners should have appropriate lessons of basic skills including safe falling. The development of a safety system also appears sensible to prevent such severe injuries in snowboarding.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0936-8051
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
119
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
292-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Severity of upper limb injuries in snowboarding.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2-2-2 Iida-Nishi, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study