Gefahren beim Carvingskifahren

Abstract

The current study deals with the results of the examination of 685 patients, who were treated in the department of traumatology in the KKH Garmisch-Partenkirchen during the winter season 99/00 and 00/01. The study included 259 injured carvers (120 female, 139 male) with an average age of 33.9 years and 426 injured conventional skiers (212 female, 214 male) with an average age of 33.2 years. The aim of the investigation was to compare both ski groups concerning injuries, the pathomechanism and the skiing experience. The results of the investigation showed that the knee injuries of carvers were more severe than in the conventional skiers. The difference was significant (p < 0.05).

In recreational alpine skiing, the ACL is predominantly injured in all knee injuries needing hospitalisation

“…Previous studies by Wölfel et al [ 20 ], LaPorte et al [ 12 ] and Rust et al [ 19 ] showed that the most common injury in recreational alpine skiers was an ACL tear. A study by Majewski et al [ 33 ] proved that almost 50% of knee-injured skiers ruptured their ACL.…”

“…Moreover, injuries of the menisci associated with ACL ruptures ranged from 23 to 55% [ 14 , 18 ]. Studies by Rust et al [ 19 ] and Wölfel et al [ 20 ] demonstrated that among skiers using so-called carving skis (short and shaped), an ACL rupture was the most frequent knee injury diagnosis among all skiing-related injuries (16.7% and 15.8%). However, as no detailed information about the injury diagnosis was provided and no standardised rating of the severity of the injury was applied [ 19 – 21 ], it remains unknown whether knee injury patterns among recreational alpine skiers have changed in the last years.…”