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Table 3 Injury region of injuries in airborne sports, whereas “n.r.” means not reported, “m:f” means male:female

From: Injuries in alpine summer sports - types, frequency and prevention: a systematic review

Author

Investi-gation period

m:f (%)

mean age

Number of injuries

Number of injured riders

Amateurs/Elites

Type of sports

Injury location

Upper extremity

Lower extremity

Trunk & Spine (%)

Head & Neck (%)

Shoulder (%)

Hand/finger (%)

Upper/lower arm (%)

Hip/thigh (%)

Knee/calf (%)

Foot/ankle (%)

Feletti et al. [66]

1995—2012

n.r.

44.5

256

n.r

Amateurs and elites

Parag

Gliding

12.5

15.6

16.4

8.2

14.1

12.9

13.3

7

Feletti et al. [65]

2000—2014

88:12

n.r

1411

n.r

Amateurs and elites

Para

Gliding

5.3

6.6

9.3

5.5

13.4

12.4

24.5

8.4

Cevik et al. [11]

n.r

75:25

n.r

17

20

Amateurs and elites

Para

Gliding

17.6

35.3

17.6

11.8

    

Fasching et al. [63]

1987—1991

92:8

33

n.r

70

Amateurs and elites

Para

Gliding

12.8

32.5

39.3

15.4

    

Mei-Dan et al. [9]

2006—2010

87:13

31

44

n.r

Amateurs

Base jumping

0

54.5

34.1

11.4

    

Hasler et al. 2012 [59, 73]

2000–2009

91:9

n.r

11

11

Amateurs

Base jumping

54.5

9

9

     

Monasterio et al. [10]

n.r

97:3

34

48

n.r

Amateurs

Base jumping

14.6

58.3

25

2.1

    

Westman et al. [81]

1999–2003

70:30

n.r

311

257

Amateurs and elites

Skydiving

6.1

8.7

4.2

7.1

23.2

15.1

20.3

7.1