Overall Analysis of NSAA/ASTM Data on Skiing Injuries for 1978 Through 1981

2009 ◽  
pp. 302-302-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasper E. Shealy
Keyword(s):  
Skiing Injuries

Skiing Injuries

1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
BECKETT HOWORTH
Keyword(s):  
Skiing Injuries

Skiing injuries among Danes in Austria

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 225-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sylvest ◽  
N. A. Lund ◽  
J. B. Lauritzen ◽  
J. Hegnhøj
Keyword(s):  
Skiing Injuries

Skiing Injuries in Children: Lower Leg Fractures

1985 ◽  
Vol 06 (05) ◽  
pp. 292-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Ungerholm ◽  
J. Gierup ◽  
U. Lindsjö ◽  
A. Magnusson
Keyword(s):  
Lower Leg ◽  
Skiing Injuries

Skiing Injuries

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Skiing Injuries

Skier's thumb injury – Whistler experience

1995 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 41-44
Author(s):  
Kimit Rai
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Plan ◽  
Stress Test ◽  
Ulnar Collateral Ligament ◽  
Health Care Centre ◽  
Post Surgery ◽  
Skier’S Thumb ◽  
Chip Fracture ◽  
Partial Tears ◽  
Skiing Injuries ◽  
Do So

Thirty-eight per cent of skiing injuries seen at the Health Care Centre in Whistler, British Columbia are related to thumb injuries. A diagnosis of skier's thumb injury is made by clinical evaluation. The confirming diagnostic procedure is a positive stress test of the thumb, supported by supplementary investigations such as radiography, which may show an avulsion chip fracture with a localized area of tenderness. The treatment plan involves surgical exploration and ligament repair for total tear of the ulnar collateral ligament. Patients do extremely well with reconstruction and are able to return to skiing after six weeks, and to work between four to six weeks post surgery. Patients who refuse surgery do not do so well and have unstable painful thumbs with a weak pinch, and are likely to require future reconstructive surgery. Partial tears with a positive stress test have better results with surgical intervention and reconstruction of the ligament, rather than splinting alone. Finally, partial tears with a negative abduction stress test do well with splinting alone for six weeks.

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