title: Nordic ski jumping injuries. A survey of active American jumpers.
abstract: Little data are available in the medical literature on nordic ski jumping injuries. Injury questionnaires were sent to all active American ski jumpers registered either with the United States Ski Association or with a jumping club registered with the United States Ski Association. One hundred thirty-three of 286 (46.5%) injury questionnaires were returned. Eighty-one of the 133 respondents (60.9%) had been injured sufficiently to require examination by a physician at least once during their jumping careers. This report describes the types and frequencies of injuries sustained by this group of nordic ski jumpers as well as provides demographic data about American ski jumpers. The risk of injury per 100 participant years was 9.4, a rate less than that reported for most high school or college intermural sports.
authors.affiliation: Delhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McIntyre
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Rand
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Hixson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012865:Skiing / Q000293:injuries*; D013180:Sprains and Strains / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology