Injuries Among Skiers and Snowboarders in Quebec
EpidemiologyPublished 1 May 2004
Brent Hagel, Claude Goulet, Robert W. Platt, I B Pless
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Except for lower extremity injuries, snowboarders have a higher rate of injuries than skiers, and collision-related injury rates have increased over time forSnowboarders.
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Except for lower extremity injuries, snowboarders have a higher rate of injuries than skiers. Furthermore, collision-related injury rates have increased over time for snowboarders. Targeted injury prevention strategies in this group seem justified.
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