알파인 스키 부상의 예방

Prevention of Alpine Ski Injuries

역사적으로알파인스키부상은스키장비의발달과밀접한관련을가지고변화하여왔다. 근래에일어난스키장비의혁명으로인하여스키부상은또다른양상으로바뀌어가고있는추세이다. 현대적인스키, 스키화, 바인딩의개발로과거에빈발하던경골간부골절이나족관절손상은1970년대말에이르러90$\%$ 가까이감소하였다. 하지만1980년대에들어서전방십자인대손상을포함한심한슬관절손상은 약3배가까이증가하였으며,장비의개발에도불구하고전방십자인대손상을줄이지못하고있다. 최근에는슬관절이하의하지손상및전방삽자인대손상발생율모두변화가중단된상태이다. 최근스키디자인을완전히바꾸어놓은카빙스키는전통스키에비하여상급자에게전방십자인대단독손상의위험성을증가시키는것으로보인다. 대신초급자에게는족관절손상의위험성이높다. 스키로인한하지손상율을더욱낮추기위해서는스키전문점의스키기술자가ASTM (American Society for TestingMaterial)의표준에따라장비를관리하도록유도하여야한다. 현재까지개발된스키장비중전방십자인대손상을줄일수있는것으로검증된것은없다. 효과가입증된유일한방법은,위험한상황을인식하여그것을피하는방법을익히는트레이닝프로그램뿐이다.

The types of Alpine ski injuries have changed through the years in relationship to the development of skiing equipment. Modern skis, boots and bindings are better at protecting the tibia, which previously was almost as commonly injured as the knee. Since the 1980s, severe knee sprains, most of them involving the anterior cruciate ligament have tripled while injuries of the lower extremity below the knee diminished significantly. However, recent studies show no further improvements in either lower leg fractures or increase in the rates of ACL sprains has occurred. The use of carving skis presents an increased risk for sustaining isolated ACL injuries in more skilled skiers and less skilled skiers are more likely to sustain an ankle fracture than skiers using conventional skis. To restore the trend of diminishing lower leg injury rates, efforts will be needed to motivate skiers to have their equipment serviced by ski shop professionals following ASTM (American Society for Testing and Material) standard procedures. As of now, there are no boots, bindings or skis on the market designed to protect skiers from the ACL injury. The only method proven to reduce ACL injury Is a training program based on recognizing the circumstances that lead to ACL injury in skiing and to avoid these events.