Snowboarding injuries in children
1Division of Pediatric Orthopoedics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa.
Objective:
To study injury patterns of snowboarding trauma in children.
Design:
A retrospective case series.
Setting:
A major pediatric trauma centre.
Patients:
A cohort of 113 children (97 boys, 16 girls), mean age 13.9 years, who sustained 118 injuries secondary to snowboarding.
Interventions:
All fractures were treated by immobilization in a cast; 19 children required a closed reduction.
Outcome Measures:
Sex and age of patients, mechanism of injury, injury sustained, treatments and complications.
Results:
Falls on the outstretched hand from a loss of balance accounted for 66 (57%) of the injuries, uncontrolled falls for 42 (36%) and collisions for 5 (4%). Seventy-nine percent of the injuries were to the upper extremity, whereas 7% were to the lower extremity.
Conclusions:
The predominance of snowboarding injuries of the upper extremity seen in children differs significantly from those in adults in whom lower extremity injuries are more common.
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