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ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2002

Alpine ski injuries and their prevention.

Michael S Koehle, Rob Lloyd-Smith, Jack E Taunton

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Review in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 141 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. A model for potential non-contact ski injuries of the knee.Sports medicine and health science · 2020
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  18. A Prospective Injury Surveillance Study on Ski Touring.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2019
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  20. Annual trauma load of the world's largest indoor skiing center.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael S KoehleAllan McGavin Sports Medicine Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. mskoehle@interchange.ubc.ca
Rob Lloyd-Smith
Jack E Taunton
University of British Columbia · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alpine skiing is a popular sport with significant risk of injury. Since the 1970s, injury rates have dropped from approximately 5 to 8 per 1000 skier-days to about 2 to 3 per 1000 skier-days. The nature of the injuries has also been transformed over the same period. Lower leg injuries are becoming less common while the incidence of knee sprains and upper extremity injuries is becoming more common. Much of this change can be attributed to advancements in binding technology, which effectively reduces lower leg injury, but does not adequately address the issue of knee sprains. Along with design, binding adjustment and maintenance are important preventative factors. Poorly adjusted bindings have been correlated with increased injury rates. Upper extremity injuries constitute approximately one-third of skiing injuries, with ulnar collateral ligament sprains and shoulder injuries being the most common. Strategies to prevent these include proper poling technique and avoidance of non-detachable ski pole retention devices. Spinal injuries in skiers have been traditionally much less common than in snowboarders, but this disparity is likely to diminish with the recent trend of incorporating snowboarding moves into skiing. Strategies to help reduce these injuries include promoting the development of terrain parks and focussing on proper technique during such moves. Head injuries have been increasing in incidence over recent decades and account for more than half of skiing-related deaths. The issue of ski helmets remains controversial while evidence for their efficacy remains under debate. There is no evidence to demonstrate that traditional ski instruction reduces injury frequency. More specific programmes focussed on injury prevention techniques are effective. The question of pre-season conditioning to prevent injuries needs further research to demonstrate efficacy.

Indexed as

Anterior Cruciate Ligament InjuriesArm InjuriesCraniocerebral TraumaFractures, BoneHumansIncidenceKnee InjuriesMedial Collateral Ligament, KneeRisk FactorsShoulder DislocationSkiingSpinal InjuriesSprains and Strains

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PMID12238941
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