Skiing injuries among Danes in Austria

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During the winter of 1986–1987, 1123 skiing injuries among 66,298 Danes in the Austrian Alps were treated by a physician. The male‐female ratio was 1.0. The incidence of skiing injuries was 2.5 per 1000 skiers per day; 0.3% of the skiers (84 women and 98 men) suffered a fracture. Significantly more women suffered knee distorsions and ligament injuries than men. In contrast, men suffered more luxations and distorsion of the shoulder, head contusions and tibial fractures than women. Lesions of the thumb were equally distributed between women and men. Preventive efforts should be addressed to the knee, ankle and thumb.

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