Citation

Zygmuntowicz M, Czerwiński E. Med. Sport. 2007; 11(4): 102-104.

Affiliation

Department of Bone and Joint Diseases, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland. (mzygmuntowicz@o2.pl)

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Polskie Towarzystwo Medycyny Sportowej, Publisher Walter de Gruyter)

DOI

10.2478/v10036-007-0019-x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Introduction: Freestyle is the most popular and common style of snowboarding. This style includes jumps, tricks, rail slides and halfpipe.

Aim of the study: The aim of the present study was to estimate the causes of injuries in freestyle snowboarding.

Material and Methods: The research was carried out on 211 persons (42 women and 169 men) in age from 16 to 21 years; average age for both sexes was 19.3 years. The questionnaire was used as a research method.

Results: The most common reasons for injuries were technical mistakes (n=89; 81%), tiredness (n=15; 14%), icy slope (n= 14; 13%), other peoples' mistakes (n=4; 4%) and faulty equipment (n=1; 1%). Falls were the injury mechanism in 77%, collisions account for less than 12% of snowboarding injuries. Most collisions involving snowboarders occur with a stationary object.

Conclusions: Individual snowboarding errors were the most common cause of injury in other study. Falls were the most common mechanism of injury in snowboarding.

Language: en