Upper Extremity Injuries in Snowboarding and Skiing: a Comparative Study

Matsumoto, Kazu; Miyamoto, Kei; Sumi, Hiroshi; Sumi, Yasuhiko; Shimizu, Katsuji

doi:10.1097/00042752-200211000-00006

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“…Snowboarders are affected by other types of injuries and they also experience a higher injury rate of 4-16 injuries per 1000 snowboarder days (7). In the literature, it is widely accepted that snowboarders are at an increased risk of head and upper arm injuries, chiefly wrist injuries (4,(8)(9)(10)(11). Skiing accidents in different countries may not always follow the same pattern of injury or incidence.…”

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Incidence of Recreational Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding Injuries: six years experience in the largest ski resort in Finland

Stenroos

Handolin

2014

Scand J Surg

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Background and Aims: the aim of this study was to provide information on incidences and severity of recreational alpine skiing and snowboarding injuries in northern finland and to discuss possible preventive measures to reduce the number and severity of injuries in the future.Materials and Methods: this retrospective study consists of all injured skiers and snowboarders in the levi Ski Resort during the 2006-2012 winter seasons. the levi Ski Resort has a SkIdata ® system which records automatically every ski-lift run taking place. the emergency system of the resort registers the data (conditions during the injury, patient characteristics, and observed and/or suspected injuries) of all injured persons they meet. the severity of injury is defined by the needed level of care: grade 1 (treated by the emergency system with no need for further referral), grade 2 (referral to the local primacy care clinic), grade 3 (transfer to hospital by ambulance), and grade 4 (transfer to tertiary care by helicopter).Results: during the 6-year study period, there were 29,576.132 lift runs and 2911 injuries were met by the emergency system, resulting in the average injury incidence of 0.98 injuries per 10,000 lift runs. Vice versa, the average number of the ski-lift rides needed to generate one injury was 10,160. the knee injuries of the skiers constituted almost onethird of all cases, whereas snowboarders sustained more injuries to the upper limb and axial areas.Conclusion: Skiing and snowboarding are related to a relatively high risk of injury. the most common injuries affect the knee in skiers and the upper extremity, especially the wrist, in snowboarders. a continuous and systematic review of injuries is needed to monitor the effects of changes made in terms of the safety.

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Incidence of Recreational Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding Injuries: six years experience in the largest ski resort in Finland

Stenroos

Handolin

2014

Scand J Surg

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“…Using the National Trauma Data Bank, Basgues et al determined that distal radius fractures are more prevalent in snowboarders relative to skiers (10.5% of all presenting injuries vs 2.7%) [23]. Others have found a similar pattern, with distal radius fractures representing 2.2% of injuries in skiers and 14.5-17.4% in snowboarders [16,24].…”

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Distal radius fractures in the athlete

Beleckas

Calfee

2017

Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med

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Purpose of Review Distal radius fractures are one of the most common upper extremity fractures. Athletes with distal radius fractures are treated according to the same principles as nonathletes but present several unique considerations. At all levels of sport, injured athletes desire to return to play as rapidly as possible. Recent Findings Earlier operative fixation may allow an athlete to return to play more quickly. Volar locking plates are most commonly used for operative treatment of distal radius fractures due to their stability and low incidence of complications. Summary Although the majority of distal radius fractures in athletes are treated non-operatively, operative intervention is offered when required to restore and maintain acceptable skeletal alignment. Return to sport is individualized guided by fracture stability, athlete age, and wrist-specific demands for competition.

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“…Anyagunkban ez 31,6% volt, míg a szakirodalom 11, 27,6 és 62%-ot említ [18,24,25]. A síelők csuklósérülése a magyar sportolóknál 12,4% volt, míg a külföldi beszámolók 2,8 és 5,5%-ról számolnak be [24,26].…”

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A magyar alpesi sízők és hódeszkázók egészségkárosodásainak összehasonlító statisztikai elemzése

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Fővárosi Önkormányzat Péterfy Sándor Utcai Kórház és Rendelőintézet, BudapestBevezetés és célkitűzés: A magyarok téli sportolási szokásai nagymértékben különböznek a külföldiekétől. Közlemé-nyünkben megvizsgáltuk a magyar síelők és hódeszkások sérüléseinek jellemzőit. Módszer: 222, síeléssel és hódeszká-zással összefüggő egészségkárosodás került statisztikai elemzésre. Eredmények: A havas sporttal összefüggő egészség-károsodások közül 201 (90,5%) sísérülés, 19 (8,6%) snowboardos sérülés és 2 (0,9%) pályán kívüli síeléssel összefüggő sérülés történt. A sísérülések 55,8%-a az alsó végtagon történt, a térdsérülés 36,8% volt. A snowboardos sérüléseknél a csukló sérülése 31,6% volt. A 222 sérült közül 29 beteget (13%) kellett repatriálni. Következtetés: A felmérésben szereplő egészségkárosodások mindegyike télisport-sérülés volt. Megállapítható, hogy a téli sportot űző magyarok sérülési arányai és az egyes testrészek sérülései nagyjából korrelálnak a nemzetközi irodalomban közölt epidemiológiai adatokkal. A síelők és a hódeszkások csuklósérülései azonban a magyar sportolóknál az irodalmi adatokhoz képest jelentősen emelkedett számot mutattak, míg a fejsérülések aránya kisebb volt, mint a nemzetközi szakirodalomban említett érték. Orv. Hetil., 2017, 158(16), 618-624. Kulcsszavak: térdsérülés, síelés, snowboard, hazaszállítás, sportsérülés Epidemiological data of Hungarian skiers' and snowboarders' medical problemsIntroduction and aim: There are no high mountains or any advantageous circumstances for winter sports in Hungary, yet within the 10 million population there are about half a million people (the exact number is 550,000) who tend to go for skiing or snowboarding abroad. Authors compared the injury statistical data with results described in the international literature in order to develop conclusions about the differences in the injury patterns and frequency between the Hungarian ones' and those found in countries with plenty of winter sport possibilities. Method: Authors analysed the winter sport injury cases of an insurance company. All the injury happened abroad and the assistance provider of the insurance company has managed the patient treatment and repatriation. Three winter seasons (12 months) data was analysed from the point of view of injuries frequency at different body parts and areas. Due to the fact that only limited information was available a simple statistical method was applied. Results: Of 222 cases 90.5% were ski-related injury and 8.6% were snowboard injury. As for the skiers, the upper limb injuries accounted for 21.9%, the truncal region for 24.4% and the lower limb for 55.8%. Among snowboarders the upper limb injuries accounted for 36.9%, the truncal region for 37% and the lower limb for 26.1%. The most frequent was the knee (36.8%), the wrist (12.4) and the shoulder (11.4) injury. Skier's thumb injury was only 1.5%. The most common snowboard injury was the wrist trauma (31.6%), the head/neck/face was accounted 15.8% of all the injuries. And the ankle was injured in 10.5% of all the cases....

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Upper Extremity Injuries in Snowboarding and Skiing: a Comparative Study

Cited by 73 publications

References 14 publications

Incidence of Recreational Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding Injuries: six years experience in the largest ski resort in Finland

Incidence of Recreational Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding Injuries: six years experience in the largest ski resort in Finland

Distal radius fractures in the athlete

A magyar alpesi sízők és hódeszkázók egészségkárosodásainak összehasonlító statisztikai elemzése

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