RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Snowboarding injuries in children
JF Canadian Journal of Surgery
JO CAN J SURG
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 435
OP 439
VO 44
IS 6
A1 Drkulec, John A.
A1 Letts, Mervyn
YR 2001
UL http://canjsurg.ca/content/44/6/435.abstract
AB Objective: To study injury patterns of snowboarding trauma in children.Design: A retrospective case series.Setting: A major pediatric trauma centre.Patients: A cohort of 113 children (97 boys, 16 girls), mean age 13.9 years, who sustained 118 injuries secondary to snowboarding.Interventions: All fractures were treated by immobilization in a cast; 19 children required a closed reduction.Outcome measures: Sex and age of patients, mechanism of injury, injury sustained, treatments and complications.Results: Falls on the outstretched hand from a loss of balance accounted for 66 (57%) of the injuries, uncontrolled falls for 42 (36%) and collisions for 5 (4%). Seventy-nine percent of the injuries were to the upper extremity, whereas 7% were to the lower extremity.Conclusions: The predominance of snowboarding injuries of the upper extremity seen in children differs significantly from those in adults in whom lower extremity injuries are more common.