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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2015

Favourable changes of the risk-benefit ratio in alpine skiing.

Martin Burtscher, Gerhard Ruedl

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Comparison and analysis of skiing injuries at ski resorts in Chongli, China and Japan.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2023
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  2. [Analysis of the mass skiers' injury in a large ski resort in Chongli, China].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Martin BurtscherDepartment of Sport Science, Medical Section, University of Innsbruck, Fürstenweg 185, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. martin.burtscher@uibk.ac.at.
Gerhard RuedlDepartment of Sport Science, Medical Section, University of Innsbruck, Fürstenweg 185, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. Gerhard.Ruedl@uibk.ac.at.
Innsbruck Medical University · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the past five decades recreational alpine skiing has become increasingly safer. The numerous annual media reports on ski injuries have to be interpreted on the basis of the tremendous numbers of skiers. These favourable changes seem primarily be due to the introduction of short carving skis, more rigid and comfortable ski boots, the use of protective gear like helmets, and the optimized preparation of ski slopes. The associated health benefits from skiing, especially arising from its association with a healthier life style, and possibly also from effects related to hypoxia preconditioning and increasing subjective vitality by natural elements clearly outweigh the health hazards. Technical improvements will likely help further reducing the injury risk. At least hypothetically, each individual skier could help to prevent injuries by the development of an appropriate physical fitness and responsible behaviour on ski slopes thereby optimizing the risk-benefit ratio of alpine skiing.

Indexed as

SafetySkiingHead Protective DevicesHumansPhysical FitnessRisk AssessmentSports Equipmentalpine skiinghealth benefitsinjury risk

Identifiers

PMID26035659
PMCPMC4483689
OpenAlexW2149636157

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