Injuries sustained at a temporary ice-skating rink: Prospective study of the Winchester experience 2007–2008

Injury severity in ice skating: an epidemiologic analysis using a standardised injury classification system

“…The majority of fractures noted in the study we report here affected the wrist (66.7 %), a finding that concurs with previous reports on injuries in ice skating [3,10,18]. Besides, the wrist has also been documented as a common fracture site in other types of skating sports, such as skateboarding, roller skating, inline skating and scooter riding [9,19].…”

“…The percentage of patients seen at this level 1 trauma centre who sustained serious ice-skating-related injuries (AIS>1; 43.9 %) and required surgical treatment (7.6 %) was nearly consistent with previous reports [2][3][4]. Kelsall and Bowyer [10] recorded the rate of individuals requiring surgical intervention to be twice as high as found in our study (14 %). The pattern of injuries determened by our study was comparable with those of previously published studies [1,4,9], with the upper limbs being the most commonly injured (50.7 %), although an even higher percentage of upper-limb injuries was recorded by Kelsall and Bowyer [10] (81 %) and Barr et al [11] (80 %).…”

“…The proportion of injuries to the head and face in this study (26.4 %) was higher than those observed in previous reports [1,10,13], which quote rates of 2.4-13.5 %. Only Knox et al [9] and McGeehan et al [26] revealed incidences similar to ours in their series of paediatric ice-skating injuries: 39.9 % and 20 %, respectively.…”

“…Kelsall and Bowyer [10] recorded the rate of individuals requiring surgical intervention to be twice as high as found in our study (14 %). The pattern of injuries determened by our study was comparable with those of previously published studies [1,4,9], with the upper limbs being the most commonly injured (50.7 %), although an even higher percentage of upper-limb injuries was recorded by Kelsall and Bowyer [10] (81 %) and Barr et al [11] (80 %). The different findings by Lam et al [12] and Freeland [13], however, are therefore difficult to explain, as both studies found the lower extremities to be most frequently injured in their series.…”

“…It has been shown that skaters using these temporary ice rinks sustain a larger number of skating-related injuries and admissions to the ward at this level 1 trauma centre than those skating at full-time rinks. Previous reports demonstrated that injuries sustained at skating rinks present a significant burden to local health-care resources [1,5,10].…”