Hip pads reduce the overall risk of injuries in recreational snowboarders

• Published in: British journal of sports medicine Vol. 46; no. 15; pp. 1055 - 1058
• Main Authors: Ishimaru, Daichi, Ogawa, Hiroyasu, Wakahara, Kazuhiko, Sumi, Hiroshi, Sumi, Yasuhiko, Shimizu, Katsuji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine 01.12.2012; BMJ Publishing Group; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Aged; Aptitude; Case-Control Studies; Child; Concussion; Craniocerebral Trauma - prevention & control; Elbow; Emergency medical care; Female; Fractures, Bone - prevention & control; Gender; Head injuries; Humans; Joint Dislocations - prevention & control; Knee; Logistics; Male; Middle Aged; Personal protective equipment; Protective clothing; Protective Devices; Recreation; Regression analysis; Risk Factors; School attendance; Skiing - injuries; Snowboarding; Sports injuries; Sports medicine; Studies; Trauma; Young Adult; Japan

Objective The purpose is to determine common injuries in recreational snowboarding as targets of preventive strategy and protective gear that reduces the overall risk of these injuries. Methods The subjects comprised 5561 injured recreational snowboarders. On the basis of patients’ self-reporting fo...