Das Verletzungsrisiko beim Aggressive Inlineskating

Abstract

In order to evaluate the special injury pattern of aggressive inline skating, a field study was conducted in a local, non-commercial skate park equipped with all the typical features like ramps, halfpipes, gully areas. 66 unselected aggressive inline skaters were randomly enrolled and interviewed concerning their skating habits and their skating injury history. Average age was 15 (10 to 41) years, skating was performed since 2.1 (0.1 to 6) years, as aggressive skating since 1.3 (0.1 to 4) years. Medical treatment in a doctor's practice or in a hospital had been necessary in 66 cases, averaging 1.4 times per skater and year, averaging one injury per 586 hours of aggressive skating. The injury pattern reflected the regions typically injured in fitness skating, too, with a higher percentage of injuries concerning knee, tibia and ankle region. The use of protective devices varied from 41 % (wrist guards) to 94 % (knee pads), with an average of 69 %. Only 32 % of skaters wore all protective devices. As the personal thrill is an important motivation for aggressive skating, safer skating campaigns are quite unlikely to decrease the risk of injury in aggressive skaters.

Plastic Surgery and Aggressive Skating: Can Business Mix with Pleasure?

“…This is a completely new form of recreation, the biomechanics of which are yet to be elucidated [5]. Safety is a primary concern, given that only one text on the medical treatment of participants has been published [6]. Without exception, all arbitrarily chosen katers interviewed in that study had visited a doctor for one reason or the other pertaining to this activity, averaging 1.4 visits per skater per year, averaging one injury per 586 hours of aggressive skating.…”

Multiple osteochondroses of bilateral knee joints: a case report

“…Actually, the typical skating load, have repercussions on those regions, which are mostly stressed by this kind of sport: knee, tibia and the hip region [4, 8].…”