Fractures of the lateral process talus have been associated with snowboarding, so much that they earned nickname “snowboarder’s ankle”; these typically occur relatively low-energy injuries when compared fractures talar head, neck, and body. We observed snowboarding portends a higher risk skiing can include energy injury patterns. This study describes series body caused by their treatment, outco...

Fractures of the lateral process of the talus are frequently missed at initial evaluation in the emergency room because the symptoms are similar to those seen in the ubiquitous inversion ankle sprain.1-3 Mills and Horne reviewed 39 lateral process fractures in 5 different series and revealed that only 59% were correctly diagnosed.3 For that reason, understanding the mechanism of the sustained i...

BACKGROUND There is limited knowledge on the injury rate and injury pattern in the different disciplines among elite snowboarders. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to describe and compare the injury rate and injury pattern among the different International Ski Federation (Fédération Internationale de Ski, FIS) World Cup (WC) snowboard disciplines. METHODS We conducted retrospective inter...

OBJECTIVES To examine the incidence and patterns of snow sports injuries at the three largest commercial ski areas in Scotland and to identify factors associated with injury risk. METHODS A prospective case-control study of all injured people at Cairngorm, Glenshee, and Nevis Range ski areas during the 1999-2000 winter season. Personal details, snow sports related variables, diagnosis, and tr...

Telemark skiing is an increasingly popular wilderness activity. Little is known, however, about the injuries incurred during modern telemark skiing. To determine the incidence and types of these injuries we carried out a prospective analysis of injured telemarkers over three ski seasons from November 1994 through May 1997 at the Mount Hood Meadows ski area medical clinic in Oregon. Injured tele...

BACKGROUND Despite a risk of harm, the past 20 years have seen dramatically increased participation in snow sports such as skiing, and particularly, snowboarding. This period has also seen revolutions in piste maintenance and paradigm developments in the use of safety equipment. Consequently, the numbers and characteristics of injury may be very different from those traditionally quoted. PURP...

Non-avalanche-related snow immersion death (NARSID), or snow immersion asphyxiation, is a significant winter mountain hazard for skiers and snowboarders. This phenomenon occurs predominately in western North America, where large tree wells and deep snowpacks develop. Although statistics are difficult to procure, snow immersion asphyxiation has resulted in more than 70 documented deaths in the p...

Th is paper deals with the subject of injury in alpine skiing and snowboarding and the aim was to defi ne the characteristics of injuries and the risk factors as the basis for establishing preventive measures. Th e types of injuries and risk factors were analyzed by examining previous papers. During the last thirty years, the number of injuries has generally decreased by 50-70%. Th e changes we...