Citation

Machold W, Kolonja A, Kwasny O, Fuchs M. Sportverletz Sportschaden 1999; 13(1): 1-7.

Vernacular Title

Verletzungsrisiken beim Snowboarden.

Affiliation

Universitätsklinik für Unfallchirurgie Wien. Wolfgang.Machold@akh-wien.ac.at

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

10.1055/s-2007-993306

PMID

10407957

Abstract

Survey of a group of injured snowboarders and analysis of their sustained injuries and risk factors in comparison to experience level and equipment. 55% of all injuries occurred within the first 7 days of learning how to ride the snowboard. The affected body region of 36% of all injuries and 53% of the severe injuries was the wrist. The primary mechanism of injury was through low-velocity falls on hard or icy snow, essentially a loss of balance with backward fall onto out-stretched arms leading to hyperextension and trauma to the wrist.

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