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Knee Sprains in Alpine Skiing: A Ten-Year Statistical Study

Allegra, F
Medical Doctors,Centro Traumatologico di Campo Staffi,
Ospedale C. Forlanini,

Fava, P
Medical Doctors,Centro Traumatologico di Campo Staffi,

Priano, F
Medical Doctors,Centro Traumatologico di Campo Staffi,


Pages: 5    Published: Jan 1993


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Abstract

The authors describe the results of a statistical survey of knee injuries occurring in Alpine skiing. The survey took place at a ski resort in central Italy. A clinical questionnaire that was specifically designed to collect data in a form that would lend itself to computerized processing was used. Several key factors, recorded at the time of the accident, which might have played a role in its occurrences, are taken into consideration. Knee injuries accounted for 29.3% of the total skiing injuries over the ten-year period. In this report only knee sprains (190 cases), representing 27.5% of total skiing injuries, were evaluated.


Keywords:
Alpine ski injuries, knee sprains, knee ligaments

Paper ID: STP25560S
Committee/Subcommittee: F27.60
DOI: 10.1520/STP25560S
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