TABLE 1.
Common Head and Neck Injuries in Extreme Sports (2000-2011)
| Summer Sports, n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surfing | Mountain Biking | Motocross | Skateboarding | |
| Head injuries | ||||
| Concussion | 3242 (8.2) | 4530 (29.7) | 22,788 (29.1) | 28,328 (21.9) |
| Contusion/abrasion | 2097 (5.3) | 1080 (7.1) | 5164 (6.6) | 14,703 (11.3) |
| Fracture | 173 (0.4) | 115 (0.8) | 961 (1.2) | 3544 (2.7) |
| Laceration | 14,990 (37.7) | 1182 (7.8) | 3211 (4.1) | 17,189 (13.3) |
| Total | 20,502 (51.6) | 6907 (45.3) | 32,124 (41.1) | 63,764 (49.2) |
| Neck injuries | ||||
| Contusion/abrasion | 344 (0.9) | 221 (1.5) | 1321 (1.7) | 442 (0.3) |
| Fracture | 1209 (3.0) | 527 (3.5) | 1452 (1.9) | 42 (0.0) |
| Laceration | 187 (0.5) | 69 (0.5) | 825 (1.1) | 151 (0.1) |
| Strain/sprain | 10,112 (25.4) | 2059 (13.5) | 10,626 (13.6) | 6637 (5.1) |
| Total | 11,852 (29.8) | 2876 (18.9) | 14,224 (18.2) | 7272 (5.6) |
| Other head and neck injuries | 7404 (18.6) | 5450 (35.8) | 31,888 (40.8) | 58,564 (45.2) |
| Total, summer sports | 39,758 (100) | 15,233 (100) | 78,236 (100) | 129,600 (100) |
| Winter Sports, n (%) | ||||
| Snowboarding | Snowmobiling | Snow Skiing | ||
| Head injuries | ||||
| Concussion | 42,811 (43.9) | 4054 (24.6) | 34,897 (41.9) | |
| Contusion/abrasion | 6963 (7.1) | 1290 (7.8) | 4488 (5.4) | |
| Fracture | 403 (0.4) | 162 (1.0) | 625 (0.8) | |
| Laceration | 6514 (6.7) | 992 (6.0) | 5507 (6.6) | |
| Total | 56,691 (58.1) | 6498 (39.5) | 45,517 (54.6) | |
| Neck injuries | ||||
| Contusion/abrasion | 375 (0.4) | 581 (3.5) | 230 (0.3) | |
| Fracture | 784 (0.8) | 206 (1.3) | 1039 (1.2) | |
| Laceration | 88 (0.1) | 349 (2.1) | 181 (0.2) | |
| Strain/sprain | 13,645 (14.0) | 3886 (23.6) | 14,009 (16.8) | |
| Total | 14,892 (15.3) | 5022 (30.5) | 15,459 (18.6) | |
| Other head and neck injuries | 25,944 (26.6) | 4928 (30.0) | 22,337 (26.8) | |
| Total, winter sports | 97,527 (100) | 16,448 (100) | 83,313 (100) | |