ORTHOPEDIC EVALUATION OF SKIING INJURIES IN ERZURUM PALANDOKEN SKI CENTER

Authors : Fatma ÇAKMAK, Halil Sezgin SEMİS

Pages : 545-548

Doi:10.16899/jcm.1274638

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Publication Date : 2023-05-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Aim: To determine the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who presented to our emergency department with orthopedic injuries due to winter sports. Material and Method: This study was retrospectively conducted in the winter seasons between 2018 and 2020. The patients’ age, gender, orthopedic injury localization, treatment applied for the injury, and injury patterns were examined. The findings obtained were statistically analyzed. Results: In this study, a total of 881 patients, 311 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(35.4%); female and 570 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(64.6%); male, were evaluated. According to orthopedic localization, most patients insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=255, 28.6%); had knee injuries. Soft tissue trauma was detected in 519 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(58.9%); of the patients. The knee injuries did not significantly differ according to gender insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.852);. Conclusion: During winter sports, injuries occur mostly in the lower extremity and knee area. Injuries related to winter sports can be reduced with the use of appropriate winter sports equipment and ski training.
Keywords : Kış sporları, Kayak, Snowboard, Spor yaralanmaları, Travma

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