Injury patterns and risk factors for orthopaedic trauma from snowboarding and skiing: a national perspective

摘要

Purpose Alpine skiing and snowboarding are both popular winter sports that can be associated with significant orthopaedic injuries. However, there is a lack of nationally representative injury data for the two sports. Methods The National Trauma Data Bank was queried for patients presenting to emergency departments due to injuries sustained from skiing and snowboarding during 2011 and 2012. Patient demographics, comorbidities, and injury patterns were tabulated and compared between skiing and snowboarding. Risk factors for increased injury severity score and lack of helmet use were identified using multivariate logistic regression. Results Of the 6055 patients identified, 55.2?% were skiers. Sixty-one percent had fractures. Lower extremity fractures were the most common injury and occurred more often in skiers ( p ?