• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2007

Purpose: Few studies have been done for spinal injuries after skiing and snowboarding accidents. Assuming that the riding patterns of skiing and snowboarding were different, we analyzed the differences between the mechanisms, diagnoses and levels of spinal injuries caused by them. The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of spinal hazards associated with skiing and snowboarding in order to educate skiers and snowboarders. Methods: We conducted a prospective study of 96 patients who had sustained spinal injuries as a result of skiing and snowboarding accidents from January 2003 to March 2006. We used a questionnaire, radiological studies, history taking, and physical examinations. We analyzed the mechanism of injury, the level of spinal injury, the severity of spinal injury, and the Abbreviated Injury Scale scores (AIS score). We used the t-test and the chi-square test. Results: The skiing and the snowboarding injury group included in 96 patients. The skiing injury group included 30 patients (31.2%), and the snowboarding injury group included the remaining 66 patients (69.8%). The primary mechanism of injury in skiing was collisions and in snowboarding was slip downs (p=0.508). The primary level of spinal injury in skiing and snowboarding was at the L-spine level (p=0.547). The most common athlete ability of the injured person was at the intermediate level (p=0.954). The injured were most commonly at the beginner or the intermediate level (p=0.302). The primary diagnosis of spinal injury in skiing and snowboarding was back spain (p=0.686). The AIS scores did not differed between the two groups (p=0.986). Conclusion: The most common spinal injury after skiing and snowboarding accidents was back sprain. There was no difference in the severity of spinal injury between skiing and snowboarding accidents.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2008

Purpose: Skiing and snowboarding are becoming increasingly popular. Accordingly, the incidences of injuries among skiers and snowboarders are also increasing. The purpose of this study was to investigate the injury patterns of and the contributing factors to head injuries of skiers and snowboarders and to evaluate the differences in characteristics between skiing and snowboarding head injuries. Methods: One-hundred patients who visited the emergency department of Wonju Christian Hospital between January 2005 and March 2007 due to head injuries from skiing and snowboarding were enrolled. The mechanisms and the histories of the injuries were investigated by surveying the patients, and the degrees of head injuries were estimated by using brain CT and the Glasgow Coma Scale. The degrees and the characteristics of brain injuries were also analyzed and compared between skiers and snowboarders. Results: Out of 100 patients, 39 were injured by skiing, and 61 were injured by snowboarding. The mean age of the skiers was $26.7{\pm}10.0$, and that of the snowboarders was $26.7{\pm}6.2$. The percentage of male skiers was 43.6%, and that of snowboarders was 63.9%. The most frequent initial chief complaints of head-injured skiers and snowboarders were headache and mental change. The most common mechanism of injuries was a slip down. The mean Abbreviated Injury Scale Score (AIS score) of the skier group was $4.5{\pm}2.1$ and that of the snowboarder group was $5.9{\pm}5.0$ (p=0.222). The percentage of helmet users was 7.1% among skiers and 20.8% among snowboarders (p=0.346). Head injuries were composed of cerebral concussion (92.0%) and intracranial hemorrhage (8.0%). Intracranial hemorrhage was most frequently caused by falling down (62.5%). Conclusion: The most common type of head injury to skiers and snowboarders was cerebral concussion, and severe damage was usually caused by jumping and falling down. No differences in the characteristics of the head injuries existed between skiing and snowboarding injuries.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2009

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the characteristics and severity of wrist injuries in snowboarding. Methods: December 2005 to February 2008, Snowboarders who experienced wrist injures were included in this study. On the basis of the medical records and radiographic evaluation, the severity of distal radius fracture was classified according to the Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Osteosynthesefragen/Association for the Study of Internal Fixation (AO/ASIF) classification. Results: Most of the injured snowboarders were a either of the beginner (35 cases, 46.1%) or the intermediate (27 cases, 35.5%) level. The most common cause of injury in snowboarding was a slip down (60 cases, 78.9%). Comminuted and articular fractures classified as AO types A3, B, and C, which required surgical reduction, made up 42.3% of the distal radial fractures in snowboarders. When we analyzed the differences in severity between the educated and the non-educated groups, an A2 type injury in the AO classification was the most common type of injury in the educated group (20 cases, 38.5%), it means less severe fractures ocurred in the educated group (p=0.045). The most frequent injury mechanism of fractures was slip down (48 cases, 63.2%), and a slip down backwards was the dominant type of slip down (36 cases, 75.0%) (p=0.031). Conclusion: Among the snowboarders in this study who suffered self-down injury to the wrist, more fractures were associated with a backwards slip down than with a forward slip down due to over extension. For educated snowboarders the severity of fracture was lower than it was for uneducated snowboarders.

• 대한정형외과스포츠의학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.22-24
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• 2004

Snowboarding has become one of the premier alpine sports. The past decade has seen the popularity of snowboarding increase dramatically and the recent Winter Olympic Game showcased the strong visual appeal of the sport and the youth-oriented lifestyle and culture that accompanies it. The injury profile of the sport has also undergone change along with technological advances in boot and binding systems and the changing demographics of the sports participants. Central to the development of injury-prevention strategies is knowledge of the profile of injuries that occur, understanding those who are at particular risk and, if possible, the biomechanical factors involved in each injury type. Snowboarding was initially considered a dangerous, uncontrolled, alpine sport - an opinion based on little or no scientific evidence. That evidence has rapidly grown over the past decade and we now know that snowboard injury rates are no different to those in skiing; however, the injury profile is different. The purpose of this review is to give some perspective to the current snowboard injury literature. It discusses not only the demographic profile of those injured and the type of injuries that occur, but also gives some insight into the progress that has occurred in determining the impact of specific prevention strategies, such as splints to prevent injuries to the wrist/forearm. As the literature indicates, however, some things will not change, e.g. injuries are more likely to occur in beginners and lessons need to be reinforced as a fundamental aspect of any injury-prevention strategy.

• 대한정형외과스포츠의학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.94-99
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• 2011

목적: 겨울철 스포츠로서 스키와 스노우 보드를 즐기는 인구가 점차 증가하여 대중화 되고 있다. 안전 장비에 대한 인식도 발전하여 스키나 스노우 보드에서 헬멧의 착용도 늘었고, 이 영향으로 두부나 안면부 손상의 비율은 감소하였다. 그러나 헬멧의 착용이 경추부 손상에 어떠한 영향을 미치는 지에 대하여 아직 잘 알려지지 않았다. 따라서 이에 대한 연구를 통하여 경추부손상의 감소를 위한 효과적인 보호장비의 개발에 도움이 되고자 조사하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2009년 12월부터 2010년 3월까지, 2010년 12월부터 2011년 3월까지 2시즌 동안 국내 대형 리조트에서 스키 및 스노우 보드 손상으로 의무 시설에 내원한 환자 14,538명 중 경추부 손상으로 내원한 658명을 대상으로 하였으며, 남자 432명, 여자 226명이 내원하였고, 상급자 273명 초급자 385명 이었다. 이들을 대상으로 헬멧을 착용 한 군과 착용하지 않은 군으로 나누어 경추 손상 비율, 수상 기전, 손상의 정도 및 진단된 질환에 대하여 조사하였다. 각각의 군은 SPSS 12.0(SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA)를 사용하여 통계학적으로 처리 하였다. 결과: 스키 손상으로 인한 환자는 312명, 스노우 보드 손상은 346명 이었으며, 헬멧을 착용한 수상자는 스키 143명, 스노우 보드 140명 이었다. 각 질환 별 분류는 단순 염좌 292명, 타박상 359명, 경추부 골절 6명, 탈구 1명이며, 수상 원인 별 분류에서 대인 충돌 287명, 대물 충돌 212명, 혼자서 넘어진 경우 108명, 낙상 39명, 기타 12명으로 나타났다. 헬멧을 쓴 경우 스키 78명/스노우 보드 70명에서 단순 염좌 였고, 스키 64명/스노우 보드 68명에서 타박상으로 나타났으며, 스키 1명/ 스노우 보드 2명에서 경추부의 골절이나 탈구가 발생하였다. 헬멧을 쓴 경우 헬멧을 착용하지 않은 경우에 비하여 경추부 염좌의 빈도는 통계학적으로 유의하게 높았으며(p<0.001), 헬멧을 착용하지 않은 경우 헬멧을 착용한 경우에 비하여 좌상의 빈도가 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05). 그러나 골절, 탈구에서는 헬멧을 쓴 경우와 그렇지 않은 경우를 비교하였을 때 수상빈도의 유의한 증가는 관찰되지 않았다(p>0.05). 결론: 본 연구에서 헬멧이 스키와 스노우 보드에서 공히 추가적인 경추 손상의 발생과 심각도를 증가시키지 않았고, 대인 손상시에 헬멧의 사용은 경추부 염좌의 빈도가 통계학적으로 유의하게 증가되었으나 좌상의 빈도는 감소하였다. 그러나 추가적인 생체 역학적 연구가 필요 할 것으로 사료된다.