Distribution of injury types for head/face injuries (n=245) reported during seven seasons (2006–2013) of the International Ski Federation World Cup, during competition and training, for snowboard, freestyle skiing and alpine skiing
| Discipline | Sex | Head/face injury types | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nervous system including concussion | Laceration/skin lesion | Fractures/bone stress | Contusions | Muscle and tendon | Other | Total (n) | ||
| Snowboard | Males | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 |
| Females | 39 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |
| Total | 79 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 90 | |
| Freestyle | Males | 41 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 |
| Females | 35 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | |
| Total | 76 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 89 | |
| Alpine | Males | 27 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Females | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 | |
| Total | 45 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 66 | |
| Total (n, %) | 200 (81.6) | 19 (7.8) | 11 (4.5) | 9 (3.7) | 1 (0.4) | 5 (2.0) | 245 | |