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Tournament water skiing trauma

S N Roberts1, P M Roberts

  • 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom.

British Journal of Sports Medicine
|June 1, 1996
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Tournament water skiing, a growing sport, presents unique injury risks. The jump event shows a high incidence of lumbar spine injuries, potentially due to overuse, especially in younger athletes.

Area of Science:

  • Sports medicine
  • Biomechanics
  • Orthopedics

Background:

  • Tournament water skiing is gaining international popularity, particularly in Great Britain.
  • The sport involves three disciplines: tricks, slalom, and jump, each with distinct kinematic and injury profiles.
  • Clinicians may be unfamiliar with the specific demands and injury patterns of water skiing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the kinematics and injury patterns in tournament water skiing disciplines.
  • To estimate the stresses involved in each discipline.
  • To identify specific risks, particularly for the lumbar spine in the jump event.

Main Methods:

  • Review of equipment advancements and their impact on injury rates.
  • Analysis of injury patterns across tricks, slalom, and jump disciplines.

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  • Estimation of physical stresses experienced by athletes.

    • Main Results:

    • Equipment advances have decreased severe injuries in the tricks event.
    • High-speed impacts in slalom and jump cause the majority of trauma.
    • A high incidence of lumbar spine injuries is observed in the high-impact jump event.

    Conclusions:

    • Water skiing, especially the jump discipline, poses significant risks to the lumbar spine.
    • Overuse injuries to the spine may occur, particularly in pre-skeletally mature athletes.
    • Further research is needed to understand and mitigate these sport-specific injuries.