Characteristics of injured skiers in Norway. A case-control study.
A case-control study investigating the characteristics of injured versus uninjured skiers was carried out. The study comprised patients (n = 67) who had received medical treatment for ski injuries at a hospital in Norway in 1993, and controls (n = 227) taken from the same population but who had not sustained any ski injuries. The results showed that the hospital cases skied more often, were more confident in their skiing ability, had a higher education but that the younger members of this group tended to be less safety conscious compared with the corresponding controls. A reduction in the risk of ski injury might be possible if younger persons could be encouraged to adopt the same level of safety behaviour as older persons.
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National Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway. oydis.ueland@matforsk.no
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012449:Safety; D012865:Skiing / Q000293:injuries*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires