Snowboarding continues to evolve as a sport, and so do injuries (video)

Snowboarding exhibits high injury rates, at 2-3 times the rates of alpine skiingThe relatively young sport of snowboarding has gained immense popularity during the past 30 years and exhibits high injury rates, at 2-3 times the rates of alpine skiing. Upper extremity injuries are the most common type in snowboarders as a whole. Injury rates in snowboarders remain higher than in skiers. Wrist, shoulder, and ankle injuries are more common among snowboarders, while knee ligament injuries are more common in skiers. Injuries are different in elite-level snowboarders vs. beginnersElite-level snowboarders are often injured when performing difficult manoeuvres at high velocities and with amplified levels of force to the lower limbs. Consequently, elite-level snowboarders suffer from injuries that are of higher severity and have decidedly greater lower extremity injury rates. Conversely, injuries to the upper extremities are decreased in the elite snowboarders. Snowboarding injury patients are 12 years younger than skiing injury patientsAt one Rocky Mountains clinic, the mean overall age of injured patients was 32.9 years, 35.4 for skiers and 23.6 for snowboarders. The knee accounted for 43% of all skiing injuries, the shoulder 12%, and the thumb 8%. The wrist accounted for 18% of all snowboarding injuries, the shoulders 14%, and the ankle and knee each 13%. Beginner snowboarders were more likely to present with wrist injuries compared with intermediate and advanced snowboarders. At th...
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