Risk of injury during alpine and telemark skiing and snowboarding - the equipment-specific distance-correlated injury index
| Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Verletzungsgefahr im alpinen Skilauf, im Telemark-Skilauf und im Snowboarding - der ausruestungsspezifische distanzbezogene Verletzungsindex |
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| Autor: | Roenning, R.; Gerner, T.; Engebretsen, L. |
| Erschienen in: | The American journal of sports medicine |
| Veröffentlicht: | 28 (2000), 4, S. 506-508, Lit. |
| Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
| Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISSN: | 0363-5465, 1552-3365 |
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| Erfassungsnummer: | PU199912409242 |
| Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
Estimation of injury risk in alpine sports is difficult. We present a new method of calculating an injury index related to the distance traveled on ski or snowboard. The distance-correlated injury index equals the number of injuries per 100,000 km traveled distance. This injury index can also be correlated to the type of equipment used. The equipment-specific distance-correlated injury index is the same as the distance-correlated injury index, but it is sport-specific. We found the distance-correlated injury index for alpine skiing to be 3.9 (95% Cl = 2.8 to 5.4); for snowboarding, 13.5 (95% Cl = 8.3 to 22.0); and for telemark skiing, 3.0 (95% Cl = 1.0 to 9.4), suggesting a three- to four-times higher incidence of injuries requiring hospital treatment among snowboarders than among alpine and telemark skiers. Verf.-Referat