...Kai-Uwe Schmitt; Frank I. Michel; Florian Staudigl Although wrist guards are available to prevent the wrist injuries that are frequently sustained in snowboarding, there is no mandated performance standard for these wrist guards as there is for other sports protection equipment. This study...

... s of skier/boarder days were recorded during the two seasons, giving an injury rate of 1.29 injured per 1000 skier/boarder days. Most of the injuries occurred during alpine skiing (67 %) and snowboarding (29 %), compared to telemark skiing (2 %), and skiboarding (2 %). Wrist injuries were common...

..., distance, duration, and location. Participants completed a questionnaire covering demographics, perceptions of maximum speed and distance traveled, and recommended speeds in slow zones. Data was collected over 102 sessions for alpine skiers, snowboarders, and telemarkers who traveled >4.5 km during...

...Giannina Bianchi; Othmar Brügger; Steffen Niemann; Mario Cavegn The aim of this study is to examine the correlation between helmet use and on-slope ski conduct. During the months of February and March 2009, eight trained interviewers asked 1550 skiers and snowboarders at 20 ski resorts...

...Erin M. Harley; Irving S. Scher; Lenka Stepan; Douglas E. Young; Jasper Shealy Collisions with obstacles, such as trees, rocks, and other people, are a common occurrence in the sports of skiing and snowboarding. Once an obstacle becomes visible, whether or not the skier has time to avoid...

... during the two seasons, giving an injury rate of 1.35 injured per 1000 skier/boarder days. Most of the injuries occurred during alpine skiing (64 %) and snowboarding (31 %), compared to telemark skiing (2 %) and skiboarding (3 %). Wrist injuries were common among injured snowboarders (25 %) compared to 4...

...Darrin Richards; Michael Carhart; Irving Scher; Reed Thomas; Natalie Hurlen A study by Nakaguchi and Tsutsumi [“Mechanisms of Snowboarding-Related Severe Head Injury: Shear Strain Induced by the Opposite-Edge Phenomenon,” J. Neurosurg, Vol. 97, 2002, pp. 542–548] showed that 68 % of all...

... during the two seasons, giving an injury rate of 1.5 injured per 1000 skier/boarder days. Most of the injuries occurred during alpine skiing (58 %) and snowboarding (35 %), compared to telemark skiing (3 %) and skiboarding (4 %). Wrist injuries were common among injured snowboarders (26 %) compared...

... the ten seasons, giving an injury rate of 1.4 injured per 1000 skier/boarder days. Most of the injuries occurred during alpine skiing (49–58 %). Snowboarding injuries peaked with 45 % in the middle of the period decreasing to 35 % the last two seasons. Telemark skiing and skiboarding each accounted...

... skiers and snowboarders; if seat position on an eight-seat chairlift affected whether passengers fell or not; and if the time of day or day of the weekend affected whether passengers fell or not. Video was used to record passengers’ equipment, seat position, and whether passengers fell or not. 1103...

...Harald Böhm; Milena Souckova; Matthias Hösl; Veit Senner While using ski lifts, snowboarders take the rear foot out of the binding. Therefore, steering abilities of the board are reduced, which leads to falls, potentially followed by injuries. In the past, several kinds of anti-slip pads have been...

... equipment usage include alpine skiers, beginners, and females. 08 09 2007 02 03 2008 17 04 2008 snowsport injuries safety skiing snowboarding protective equipment 2007-05-13 - 2007-05-19 17th Symposium on Skiing Trauma and Safety Aviemore, Scotland References...

...David A. Krauss; Daniel H. Lieberman; Helene Grossman; Rose Ray; Irving Scher We applied the principles of visual perception, light, and optics to quantify the influence of ambient sunlight on the ability of skiers and snowboarders to perceive ground contours on a ski slope. To this end, we...

...Irving Scher; Darrin Richards; Michael Carhart; Reed Thomas; Natalie Hurlen; Tack Lam The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported in 1999 that head injuries represent approximately 14 % of all skiing and snowboarding injuries. Cadman and Macnab showed that children were twice as likely...

... seasons, giving an injury rate of 1.5 injured per 1000 skier/boarder days. Most of the injuries occurred during alpine skiing (49 %) and snowboarding (43 %), whereas telemark skiing and skiboarding each accounted for 4 % of the injuries. Wrist injuries were common among injured snowboarders (28...

...JE Shealy; RJ Johnson; CF Ettlinger This study documents fatalities and risk factors in alpine winter sports. The authors have tracked all known fatalities ( n = 854) occurring to recreational skiers and snowboarders within the boundaries of ski resorts in the United States since January 1978...

...I Scher, Ph.D. P.E.; D Richards, P.Eng.; M Carhart, Ph.D. According to a 1999 report by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, head injuries represent approximately 14 % of all skiing and snowboarding injuries. In a recent retrospective study of patients treated for snowboarding-related head...

...A Ekeland; S Sulheim; A Rodven A central ski patrol-based registration of skiing and snowboarding injuries was performed by the Norwegian Ski Lift Association during the winter seasons 2000/2001 and 2001/2002. A control material of 3002 randomly sampled uninjured skiers was collected from the same...

..., degree, and possible consequences of their injury. A total of 372 skiing accidents were reported, 64.5% concerning men, 35.5% women. While the majority of ski hall visitors are skiers (57.9%) compared to snowboarders (40.1%, tire-tubing or others: 2.0%), more accidents happened to snowboarders (55.6...