Anatomical location and type of injury by equipment
| Alpine ski Skier days=132436 | Snowboard Skier days=52804 | Skiboard Skier days=7974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | MDBI | n (%) | MDBI | n (%) | MDBI | |
| MDBI, Mean days between injury. | ||||||
| Anatomical location | ||||||
| Upper limb | 116 (24.2) | 1142 | 98 (46) | 539 | 4 (12.9) | 1994 |
| Lower limb | 255 (53.1) | 519 | 46 (21.6) | 1148 | 23 (74.2) | 347 |
| Axial | 109 (22.7) | 1215 | 69 (32.4) | 765 | 4 (12.9) | 1994 |
| All injuries | 480 (100) | 276 | 213 (100) | 248 | 31 (100) | 257 |
| Type of injury | ||||||
| Fracture | 60 (12.5) | 2207 | 53 (24.9) | 996 | 9 (29) | 886 |
| Sprain | 248 (51.7) | 534 | 61 (28.6) | 866 | 17 (54.8) | 469 |
| Laceration | 46 (9.6) | 2879 | 40 (18.8) | 1320 | 2 (6) | 3987 |
| Joint dislocation/subluxation | 13 (2.7) | 10187 | 18 (8.5) | 2934 | – | – |
| Other | 113 (23.5) | 1172 | 41 (19.2) | 1288 | 3 (10.2) | 2658 |