Abstract des Autors

Knee injuries and low back problems are ubiquitous problems in humans, in sport generally, and in skiing in particular; indeed the most common ski injuries are to the knee. Many studies have shown high incidence of knee injury in snowsports, and evidence (n=176) of similar statistics, for knee injuries and ACL injuries in this particular instructor population was found and presented at the last ICSS conference by the authors. The data presented here are from a screening test using the Star Excursion Balance Test (Plinsky et al., 2009; Gribble P.A. et al., 2012) that has become a widely accepted tool for assessing injury risk to the knee. In addition to considering issues at the knee, these subjects were also screened for low back functional fitness.