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 | |||||||
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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 | ||||
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 |