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Nordic (cross‐country) skiing injuries in Australia
Author(s) -
Sherry Eugene,
Asquith Jenny
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1987.tb120231.x
Subject(s) - alpine skiing , incidence (geometry) , injury prevention , medicine , occupational safety and health , suicide prevention , geography , poison control , medical emergency , winter season , demography , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , sociology , physics , pathology , optics , climatology , geology
A retrospective study of 88 nordic skiing injuries from the 1984 and 1985 skiing seasons in Australia is presented. To our knowledge, this is the largest study to date of such injuries. These injuries are compared with alpine skiing injuries from the same medical clinic for the 1985 skiing season. There was a much lower incidence of injury from nordic skiing; however, when injuries did occur, they tended to be more serious than those of alpine skiing and frequently required immediate evacuation to hospital for treatment. As the nordic skier is relatively isolated from medical services, these findings need to be considered in the future planning of rescue services for such skiers.