Table 2 Injury type for the 135 acute time loss injuries that occurred either during training or in competition.
Site of injury | Discipline | |||||||||||||
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HP | SC | BA | PGS | PS | Other | Total, n (%) | ||||||||
Head | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 (7) | |||||||
Neck/throat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (1) | |||||||
Shoulder/clavicle | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 18 (13) | |||||||
Upper arm | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | |||||||
Elbow | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 (4) | |||||||
Lower arm/wrist | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 (8) | |||||||
Fingers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 15 (11) | |||||||
Chest | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 (5) | |||||||
Spine | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 (13) | |||||||
Hip | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | |||||||
Thigh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 (1) | |||||||
Knee | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24 (18) | |||||||
Lower leg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | |||||||
Ankle | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 15 (11) | |||||||
Foot | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (3) | |||||||
Total | 36 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 32 | 135 |
HP, halfpipe; SC, snowboard cross, BA, big air; PGS, parallel giant slalom; PS, parallel slalom; Other: injuries during freeriding or other training (not on snow).