@article{ref1,
title="Skimboard injuries",
journal="Journal of trauma",
year="2008",
author="Merriman, David and Carmichael, Kelly and Battle, Soo C.",
volume="65",
number="2",
pages="487-490",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Skimboarding is a recreational activity performed in shallow water in a beach setting. METHODS: We reviewed patient records from our emergency department for a 52-month period and identified 79 patients with skimboard-related injuries. RESULTS: Mean age of patients was 15.2 years; 73.4% presented with a fracture. Lower-extremity fractures were found 63.8% of the time, and upper extremity were found 36.2%. Distal radius fractures were the most common (61.9%) upper-extremity fracture, and ankle fractures were the most common (83.8%) lower-extremity fracture. The prevalence of fractures sustained while skimboarding was compared with that of other published series of recreational activities, including trampoline injuries, and was found to be higher. CONCLUSIONS: Skimboarding is a sport in which injuries occur by the sudden deceleration of the board as it transitions from water to land or from falls into shallow water. The lower-extremity fracture prevalence is much higher than in similar sports such as skateboarding and surfing. The prevalence of fracture is also higher than that found in trampoline-related injury reports.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-5282",
doi="10.1097/TA.0b013e31817daca5",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TA.0b013e31817daca5"
}