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Objectives: Sledging is a popular and traditional winter sport in Switzerland. This study examines injury patterns of patients who presented to a tertiary trauma centre in Switzerland following sledging trauma, focusing on sex differences.
Methods: Retrospective single-centre study over 10 winters (2012-2022), including all patients experiencing sledging-related trauma.
Unfallchirurgie (Heidelb)
December 2022
BG-Unfallklinik Murnau, Professor-Küntscher-Str. 8, 82418, Murnau, Deutschland.
Background: Sledding is generally considered to be a relatively harmless winter leisure activity. The increased incidence of injuries, some of them severe, in our emergency department in the catchment area of several sledding slopes prompted an analysis of this patient population with respect to frequency and severity of injuries.
Patients And Methods: Based on the hospital documentation system, a retrospective evaluation of all emergency department visits in the winters 2016-2019 was performed.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
December 2019
Department of Sport Science, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Annually, millions of people engage in mountain sports activities all over the world. These activities are associated with health benefits, but concurrently with a risk for injury and death. Knowledge on death rates is considered important for the categorization of high-risk sports in literature and for the development of effective preventive measures.
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January 2017
Institut für Sportwissenschaft Innsbruck, Österreich.
Recreational sledging (tobogganing) is a very popular winter sport in Alpine regions. Ascending and sledging down on the same track, however, might be associated with a certain risk of injury. Therefore, the aim of this study was to gather data on the causes of accidents and potential risk factors during recreational sledging.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTraumatic hip dislocation is uncommon in children. Yet, it represents an orthopaedic emergency, because delayed treatment can lead to avascular necrosis of the femoral head. In this case a four-year-old boy and an eight-year-old girl were treated in an emergency department less than two weeks apart.
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