@article{ATM19567,
author = {Aleksey Seleznev and Neil V. Shah and Rohan Desai and Cuong Le and Patrick Cleary and Qais Naziri and Niladri N. Basu and Barbara J. Freeman and William P. Urban and Jared M. Newman},
title = {Trends of snowboarding-related fractures that presented to emergency departments in the United States, 2010 to 2016},
journal = {Annals of Translational Medicine},
volume = {6},
number = {11},
year = {2018},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background: Since it was introduced as an Olympic sport in 1998, snowboarding has drawn the participation of individuals of all ages. Despite the growing popularity of this sport, individuals can suffer from a number of musculoskeletal injuries. The specific goals of the study were to: (I) compare the number of injuries and trends of snowboarding injuries; (II) identify the injury occurrences, trends, and incidence of snowboarding-related fractures; and (III) identify the injury occurrences and trends of snowboarding-related fractures by body part.
Methods: The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) database was queried for snowboarding injuries and snowboarding-related fractures treated in US emergency departments (EDs) from 2010–2016. The weighted estimate of the number of injuries were obtained by using the NEISS statistical weight calculations that were provided in the data. An estimated total of 248,388 patients (mean age =20 years) experienced a snowboarding-related injury. Linear regression analysis was used to analyze annual trends of snowboarding-related fractures and the snowboarding-related fractures by body part; reported as the correlation coefficient (r) and the coefficient of determination (R2).
Results: The estimated annual number of injuries decreased from 56,223 injuries in 2010 to 17,667 injuries in 2016 (r=−0.967, R2=0.936, P},
issn = {2305-5847}, url = {https://atm.amegroups.org/article/view/19567}
}