Study: Snowboarders get hurt more often than skiers
The cultural war between skiers and snowboarders has reached a detente in recent years. While you'll still hear grumbling about "knuckle-draggers" and out-of-control skiers - and I still say snowboarders are more likely to be toting a tall boy of Pabst Blue Ribbon down the mountain than skiers - we all seem to get along these days.
But who gets hurt more on the slopes?
A new study says snowboarders.
Published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, the report by researchers at the University of Vermont College of Medicine found snowboarders have an average of 345 days of skiing between injuries, while skiers have 400. Researchers studied records over 18 years from a clinic at a Vermont ski area.
Among snowboarders, wrist, shoulder and ankle injuries were most common. Skiers were most likely to injure their knee ligaments. The younger the snowboarder, the more likely they were to be injured, and, for some reason, female riders were hurt more than males. There was no evidence that time spent in the terrain park increased risk of injury.
Click here for a summary of the study.
And ladies, be careful on your snowboards out there!
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