A Prospective Injury Surveillance Study on Ski Touring.
alpine sports
epidemiology
injury surveillance
prevention
ski touring
sports injury
Journal
Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine
ISSN: 2325-9671
Titre abrégé: Orthop J Sports Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101620522
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2019
Sep 2019
Historique:
entrez:
25
9
2019
pubmed:
25
9
2019
medline:
25
9
2019
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epublish
Résumé
Ski touring is an outdoor sport with growing popularity in alpine countries. Information about injuries in ski touring is limited. To determine injury rates, mechanisms, causes, and risk factors in ski touring. Descriptive epidemiology study. Between November 2015 and May 2016, a total of 191 participants from the Alps region were prospectively tracked via personalized online questionnaires. Injury rates were calculated per 1000 hours of sports exposure. Risk factors were assessed per multivariate logistic regression analysis. A total of 3900 ski tours were performed, with 10,955 hours and 4,108,503 m in height ascension (uphill) recorded. The overall injury rate was 2.5 injuries per 1000 hours of ski touring. A total of 27 injury-events were reported, of which 18 (67%) were classified as mild, 7 (26%) as moderate, and 2 (7%) as severe. Hands (28%) and knees (16%) were the most commonly involved anatomic regions. Most injuries were limited to the soft tissue, such as bruises (31%) and abrasions (18%). Significantly more injuries happened during the descent (n = 17; 63%) than during the ascent (n = 6; 22%) (odds ratio, 5.96; In this prospective injury surveillance study, the majority of ski touring injuries were mild and limited to the soft tissue. Ski touring injuries were more likely to happen during the descent of a tour, and sidecountry ski touring was the only significant independent risk factor for injury. Bad weather, icy surface, and inattentiveness were found to be the leading causes for an injury-event in this study.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Ski touring is an outdoor sport with growing popularity in alpine countries. Information about injuries in ski touring is limited.
PURPOSE
OBJECTIVE
To determine injury rates, mechanisms, causes, and risk factors in ski touring.
STUDY DESIGN
METHODS
Descriptive epidemiology study.
METHODS
METHODS
Between November 2015 and May 2016, a total of 191 participants from the Alps region were prospectively tracked via personalized online questionnaires. Injury rates were calculated per 1000 hours of sports exposure. Risk factors were assessed per multivariate logistic regression analysis.
RESULTS
RESULTS
A total of 3900 ski tours were performed, with 10,955 hours and 4,108,503 m in height ascension (uphill) recorded. The overall injury rate was 2.5 injuries per 1000 hours of ski touring. A total of 27 injury-events were reported, of which 18 (67%) were classified as mild, 7 (26%) as moderate, and 2 (7%) as severe. Hands (28%) and knees (16%) were the most commonly involved anatomic regions. Most injuries were limited to the soft tissue, such as bruises (31%) and abrasions (18%). Significantly more injuries happened during the descent (n = 17; 63%) than during the ascent (n = 6; 22%) (odds ratio, 5.96;
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
In this prospective injury surveillance study, the majority of ski touring injuries were mild and limited to the soft tissue. Ski touring injuries were more likely to happen during the descent of a tour, and sidecountry ski touring was the only significant independent risk factor for injury. Bad weather, icy surface, and inattentiveness were found to be the leading causes for an injury-event in this study.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31548973
doi: 10.1177/2325967119867676
pii: 10.1177_2325967119867676
pmc: PMC6743203
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
2325967119867676Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest in the authorship and publication of this contribution. AOSSM checks author disclosures against the Open Payments Database (OPD). AOSSM has not conducted an independent investigation on the OPD and disclaims any liability or responsibility relating thereto.
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