ArticleBMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation2014
Alpine skiing injuries in Finland - a two-year retrospective study based on a questionnaire among Ski racers.
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- Enhancing Return to Alpine Skiing: Integrating Perceptual-Motor-Cognitive Considerations in Testing and Progressions: A Clinical Commentary.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2024Article
- Pelvic ring injuries after alpine ski and snowboard accidents.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2023Article
- [Comparison of acute sports injury between recreational skiers and skiers].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 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
- Overuse injuries in the knee, back and hip of top elite female alpine skiers during the off-season preparation period: prevalence, severity and their association with traumatic preinjuries and training load.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2020Article
- Prevention of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Competitive Adolescent Alpine Skiers.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2020Article
- Maximal Eccentric Hamstrings Strength in Competitive Alpine Skiers: Cross-Sectional Observations From Youth to Elite Level.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Article
- How to Prevent Injuries in Alpine Ski Racing: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go from Here?Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Review
- Anterior cruciate ligament injury/reinjury in alpine ski racing: a narrative review.Open access journal of sports medicine · 2017Review
- Alpine Ski Racing Injuries.Sports healthReview
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Abstract
backgroundAlpine skiing is one of the most popular winter sports in the world. Nevertheless, it has always been associated with a high risk of injury. There are however, only a few studies that have examined the risk of injury of competitive skiers, especially of the junior ski racers.
methodsThe inclusion criterion was an injury in alpine skiing resulting in a pause in training longer than one week. Athletes of all ages were included. The study period was from the start of the season of 2008-2009 to end of the season of 2009-2010 (two years).
resultsThe average annual number of ski racers in Finland was 661. There were 61 injuries (36 males with a median age of 14 years, 25 females with a median age of 14) fulfilling the inclusion criteria. Ligamentous knee injury was the most frequent (17) and lower leg fracture the second common (16) injury, respectively. There was a female dominance in the ACL injuries. Only one major abdominal injury and no major head injuries were observed. The overall training pause was 26 weeks after the ACL injury and 17 weeks after the lower leg fracture, respectively.
conclusionThe most common and most disabling injuries affect the knee and the lower leg. The high number of lower leg and ACL injuries is alarming. A continuous and careful monitoring of injuries needs to be established to assess this trend. A systematic review of injuries is the appropriate way to monitor the effects of changes made in terms of safety. The present retrospective two-year pilot study forms a base for a continuous alpine ski injury survey in Finland.
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