Risk of injury during alpine and telemark skiing and snowboarding - the equipment-specific distance-correlated injury index

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Deutscher übersetzter Titel:Verletzungsgefahr im alpinen Skilauf, im Telemark-Skilauf und im Snowboarding - der ausruestungsspezifische distanzbezogene Verletzungsindex
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