Upper extremity injuries in snow skiers

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Deutscher übersetzter Titel:Verletzungen der oberen Extremitaeten bei Skisportlern
Autor:Dommelen, Bruce A. van; Zvirbulis, Raimonds A.
Erschienen in:The American journal of sports medicine
Veröffentlicht:17 (1989), 6, S. 751-753, Lit.
Format: Literatur (SPOLIT)
Publikationstyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Medienart: Gedruckte Ressource
Sprache:Englisch
ISSN:0363-5465, 1552-3365
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Erfassungsnummer:PU199102042409
Quelle:BISp

Abstract

All skiers with upper extremity injuries seen at the Henry Ford Hospital between 1983 and 1986 were evaluated in terms of age, sex, skill of the skier, type of snow conditions, pole type, grip type, direction of fall, and mechanism of injury. Our primary objective was to evaluate whether the type of pole used had an effect on the injury rate. We found that the strap handled pole without any platform had the lowest injury rate. The saber type pole handle had the highest injury rate. Other observations showed ulnar collateral ligament injury of the thumb to be the most common upper extremity injury to skiers. A proportionally high number of skiers with upper extremity injuries were advanced skiers. Verf.-Referat