Provides information concerning winter sports trauma -includingalpine, cross country, and back country skiing, and snowboarding-and the means of its prevention. 16 peer-reviewed papers in 4sections:
Safety and Behavior--6 papers including: a comparison ofyoung injured and uninjured skiers and snowboarders regardingknowledge of safety rules; observations concerning vision, anessential factor for skiing safety; present customs and practicesused by U.S. ski areas in developing and maintaining ski trails,and the means used to reduce the risk of injury; the hazard offatal avalanches between 1986 and 1995 in Austria; and the effectof a warm-up program designed to reduce the risk of alpine skiinginjuries.
Biomechanics--3 papers on ACL injury; snowboarding andankle deflection; and injury mechanisms of the anterior cruciateligament.
Bindings--3 papers on forces and moments measured at thetoe and heel of bindings during skiing activities; signal detectiontheory to evaluate binding function; and the feasibility ofreleasable binds for snowboards.
Epidemiology--4 papers cover: a study of snowboardinginjuries from 1988-1996 in Colorado; spinal cord injuries involvingskiers; femur fractures; and an evaluation of the epidemiology of70,000 injured skiers and 8,000 snowboarders.