Publication : Ski and snowboard school programs : injury surveillance and risk factors for grade-specific injury
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Date
2018-02-08
Auteurs
Sran, Ravneet
Djerboua, Maya
Romanow, Nicole
Mitra, Tatum
Russell, Kelly
White, K.
Emery, Carolyn
Hagel, Brent E.
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Wiley-Blackwell
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The objective of our study was to evaluate incidence rates and profile of school program ski and snowboard-related injuries by school grade group using a historical cohort design. Injuries were identified via Accident Report Forms completed by ski patrollers. Severe injury was defined as those with ambulance evacuation or recommending patient transport to hospital. Poisson regression analysis was used to examine the school grade group-specific injury rates adjusting for risk factors (sex, activity, ability, and socioeconomic status) and accounting for the effect of clustering by school. Forty of 107 (37%) injuries reported were severe. Adolescents (grades 7-12) had higher crude injury rates (91 of 10 000 student-days) than children (grades 1-3: 25 of 10 000 student-days; grades 4-6: 65 of 10 000 student-days). Those in grades 1-3 had no severe injuries. Although the rate of injury was lower in grades 1-3, there were no statistically significant grade group differences in adjusted analyses. Snowboarders had a higher rate of injury compared with skiers, while higher ability level was protective. Participants in grades 1-3 had the lowest crude and adjusted injury rates. Students in grades 7-12 had the highest rate of overall and severe injuries. These results will inform evidence-based guidelines for school ski/snowboard program participation by school-aged children.
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Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 1-9 (2018)
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10.1111/sms.13040
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Adolescents , Children , Epidemiology , Injury , Ski , Snowboard , Snow-sport
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