SEDL / STP / STP1182-EB / STP25560S

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

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

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

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

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.