Het 1e wetenschappelijk onderzoek op universitair niveau "A Prospective Study of Kitesurfing Injuries"
WO onderzoek is uitgevoerd door:
* Klinikum Elmshorn, Elmshorn, Germany, the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Kiel, Germany, the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Kiel, Germany, and the || Department of Trauma, Hand, and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
Artikel is in juni 2004 gepubliceerd in het toonaangevende magazine The Amirican Journal of Sports Medicine No. 4
Conclusie van het WO onderzoek:
Kitesurfen is qua blessuregevoeligheid minder gevaarlijk dan contact sporten zoals competitie handbal, voetbal etc. En individuele sporten als alpine skiën en het snowboarden.
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Background:
To date, the pattern and rate of kitesurfing injuries are largely unclear.Hypothesis:
The pattern and rate of kitesurfing injuries are comparable to that of contact sports such as football and soccer.Study Design:
Prospective study.Methods:
The study was conducted over a 6-month period of 1 season and included 235 kitesurfers.Results:
The number of self-reported injuries was 124, for an overall self-reported injury rate of 7 per 1000 hours of practice.One fatal accident (polytrauma) and 11 severe injuries occurred during the study period (2 knee ligament injuries and 9 fractures
at various sites). The most commonly injured sites were the foot and ankle (28%), skull (14%), chest (13%), and knee (13%).
Fifty-six percent of the injuries were attributed to the inability to detach the kite from the harness in a situation involving loss of
control over the kite. There was a tendency for athletes using a quick-release system to sustain fewer injuries than athletes without
such a release system.
Conclusion:
Kitesurfing can be considered a high-risk sport.Clinical Relevance:
The use of a quick-release system that enables the surfers to detach the kite in case of an accident mightaid in the prevention of injuries.
Keywords:
kitesurfing; injury mechanism; polytrauma; prevention; knee "
-DAVE- had een 5 sterren sessie in Wijk aan Zee met maar liefst 16 - 23 knots op zijn SlingShot Fuel (2006)
Oliver Zernial,
†MD, is webmaster Olli van kitesurfing-kiel.dehttp://www.kitesurfing-kiel.de/impressum/impressum.html
Vorig jaar heb ik gezien 't belang mee gedaan aan 't onderzoek = iedere maand vragenformulieren invullen.
Mooi dat er nu een goed verslag van uitgekomen is B)
