Ski Injury Statistics:

  1. Injury rates per competition season per 100 World Cup athletes are reported to be 36.7 with the knee most affected body part[1, 2]. Rates are reported male/female
    1. Slalom: 7.5 / 1.5 per 1000 runs
    2. Giant Slalom: 12.5 / 5.1 per 1000 runs
    3. Super G: 12.5 / 7.7 per 1000 runs
    4. Downhill 19.3 / 13.9 per 1000 runs
  2. Many injuries in skiing occur while turning, without falling or being the results of a crash[3].
  3. There is no sex difference between males and female WC ski racers in ACL injury rates[4] BUT in recreational Skiers women are 2x times more likely to suffer ACL injuries
  4. Males at the WC level are injured more often than females[4] in the last ¼ of the race[3]

 

Methodological Concerns

  • The Mechanical model was based on the GPS data plus Digital Terrain Model to calculate: instantaneous skier turn radius, speed, air drag force, ground reaction force. From there Skier Kinetic Energy, Impulses, Jump Frequency
  1. Flørenes, T.W., et al., Injuries among World Cup ski and snowboard athletes. Scand J Med Sci Sports, 2012. 22(1): p. 58-66.
  2. Flørenes, T.W., et al., Injuries among male and female World Cup alpine skiers. Br J Sports Med, 2009. 43(13): p. 973-8.
  3. Bere, T., et al., A systematic video analysis of 69 injury cases in World Cup alpine skiing. Scand J Med Sci Sports, 2013.
  4. Bere, T., et al., Sex differences in the risk of injury in World Cup alpine skiers: a 6-year cohort study. Br J Sports Med, 2014. 48(1): p. 36-40.