ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2012
Injury profile of competitive alpine skiers: a five-year cohort study.
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- Incidence of injuries in professional snow sports: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of sport and health science · 2022Pooled it
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- Jump performance and movement quality in 7- to 15-year-old competitive alpine skiers: a cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine · 2024Article
- Comparison and analysis of skiing injuries at ski resorts in Chongli, China and Japan.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2023Article
- Relationship of Training Factors and Resilience with Injuries in Ski Mountaineers.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Cam morphology, hip range of motion and hip pain in young skiers and soccer players.JSAMS plus · 2022Article
- TheFrontiers in physiology · 2022Article
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- A screening instrument for side dominance in competitive adolescent alpine skiers.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- Side-to-side differences in knee laxity and side hop test may predispose an anterior cruciate ligament reinjury in competitive adolescent alpine skiers.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- A Cross-Sectional Observation on Maximal Eccentric Hamstring Strength in 7- to 15-Year-Old Competitive Alpine Skiers.Biology · 2021Article
- Injury risks among elite competitive alpine skiers are underestimated if not registered prospectively, over the entire season and regardless of whether requiring medical attention.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2021Article
- Training load characteristics and injury and illness risk identification in elite youth ski racing: A prospective study.Journal of sport and health science · 2021Article
- Studying Force Patterns in an Alpine Ski Boot and Their Relation to Riding Styles and Falling Mechanisms.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Article
- Perceptions of experts on key injury risk factors in alpine ski racing as a function of stakeholder role and associated level of competition.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2021Article
- Sex differences in the knee orthopaedic injury patterns among recreational alpine skiers.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Hip pain and its correlation with cam morphology in young skiers-a minimum of 5 years follow-up.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to make a survey of injuries in young elite alpine skiers.
methodsDuring 5 years, all students at the Swedish Ski High schools were prospectively followed regarding injuries, time of exposure, injury location, type of injury, injury severity and gender. Four hundred and thirty-one skiers, 215 males and 216 females completed the entire study.
resultsOf 431 skiers, 193 (91 males, 102 females) sustained 312 injuries during the 5-year study period. The injury incidence for males was 1.62 injuries/1,000 ski hours or 2.97 injuries/100 months at a Ski High school, and the corresponding values for females were 1.77 and 3.25, respectively. Forty-one percent of the injuries involved the knee, 69% were ligament injuries, and 49% were classified as severe injuries. Of 190 injured skiers, 120 injured their left leg (P = 0.0097). This was their first time injury. The risk of sustaining a re-injury or a new injury increased the sooner the first time injury occurred (P = 0.001).
conclusionThere was a high risk for alpine ski students to sustain an injury during their education at the Swedish Ski High schools. Most injuries, especially ligament injuries, occurred in the knee joint in both males and females. Both genders were more likely to sustain injuries to the left than to the right leg. Nearly 50% of the injuries were classified as severe. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.
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