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Skiing injuries among Danes in Austria
Author(s) -
Sylvest A.,
Lund N. A.,
Lauritzen J. B.,
Hegnhøj J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of medicine and science in sports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.575
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1600-0838
pISSN - 0905-7188
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1991.tb00300.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ankle , ligament , incidence (geometry) , thumb , injury prevention , physical therapy , poison control , surgery , emergency medicine , physics , optics
During the winter of 1986–1987, 1123 skiing injuries among 66,298 Danes in the Austrian Alps were treated by a physician. The male‐female ratio was 1.0. The incidence of skiing injuries was 2.5 per 1000 skiers per day; 0.3% of the skiers (84 women and 98 men) suffered a fracture. Significantly more women suffered knee distorsions and ligament injuries than men. In contrast, men suffered more luxations and distorsion of the shoulder, head contusions and tibial fractures than women. Lesions of the thumb were equally distributed between women and men. Preventive efforts should be addressed to the knee, ankle and thumb.