| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5881661 | Sports Orthopaedics and Traumatology | 2014 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Alpine skiing is one of the most popular winter sport disciplines and professional ski racing enjoys great popularity and media exposure. Due to the already high professionalization and power density in Alpine Ski World Cup racing, success and failure are quite close to each other leading to a tremendous readiness of the athletes to assume a risk and consequently to an increased injury risk in alpine ski racing. In this overview, epidemiologic data and typical injury patterns in Alpine Ski World Cup racing will be highlighted and compared to other high-level winter sport disciplines as well as to recreational alpine skiing. In addition, a risk analysis of ski-typical injuries and categorization of preventive interventions in alpine ski racing will be performed.
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Authors
Peter U. Brucker, Gerhard Ruedl,