Sports injuries: snowsports
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Snowsport injuries cover a broad range of activities from skiing and snowboarding to recreational play (e.g. tobogganing, tubing).
Epidemiology
Snowsports are popular with over 70 million people globally participating each year 1. While the injury rate varies depending on location, a rough average is ~3 injuries per 1000 skier/boarder-days 2,3.
Pathology
Mechanism
- falls (most common, >70%) 1,3
- collisions
- jumps
- man-made terrain features
- lift accidents
Types
There are differences between skier and snowboarder patterns of injuries:
-
skiers
- lower extremity (most common) 1
- knee most common site 3,4
- lower extremity (most common) 1
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snowboarders
- upper extremity (most common) 1,4
- wrist fractures 10x more common in snowboarders than skiers 3
- lower extremity
- lateral talar process fracture ("snowboarder fracture") 5
- upper extremity (most common) 1,4
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