title: Hand injuries on artificial ski slope.
abstract: 50 consecutive patients with injuries due to skiing on an artificial ski slope were seen in our emergency department over a 16-month period; 76% of these involved the hand or wrist. 52.5% of hand lesions were fractures and only one-third of the first ray injuries were sprains of the ulnar aspect of the MP joint. These data significantly differ from those known for skiing on snow.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Van Geertruyden
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Goldschmidt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012865:Skiing / Q000293:injuries*; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000209:etiology