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IPC Alpine Ski Injury Survey

Dr. Peter Van de VlietIPC Medical & Scientific Director

11 December 2008

Team MeetingIPC Alpine Ski European Series Event

Pitztal, Austria

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The International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

• Global governing body of the Paralympic Movement.

• Organizes the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games.

• Serves as the International Federation for IPC Alpine Skiing, for which it supervises and co-ordinates the World Championships and other competitions.

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Wintersports Injury Survey

• Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter GamesWebborn, N., Willick, S., & Reeser, J.C. (2006). Injuries among disabled athletes during the 2002 Winter Paralympic Games. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., 38, 5, 811-815.

• Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter GamesWebborn, N., Willick, S,

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Sports Injury Surveillance

Establishing the extend of the problem:

- incidence- severity

Establishing the aetiology and

mechanism of thesports injury

Introducing a preventive measure

Assess the effectiveness of the intervention

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Sports Injury Survey

Athlete Dataage, gender

sportclassification

Medical Encounter Form

diagnosisimaging

immediate injury result

Race Analysismechanism of injury

equipment

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Salt Lake City 2002Number of Injuries by Sport

(39 injuries/416 athletes)

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5

10

15

20

25

30

Alpine Skiing Nordic Skiing Sledge Hockey

61%

10%

29%

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Salt Lake City 2002

Acute Traumatic versus Overuse Injuries, by Sport

0

5

10

15

20

25

Alpine Skiing Nordic Skiing Sledge Hockey

Trauma

Overuse

91%

9% 50%

83%

17%50%

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Salt Lake City 2002

Injury Onset by Activity

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Competition Non-sport Pre-existing -sport

Pre-existing-non-sport

Training

39% 39%

2%

15%

5%

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Sports Injury Survey

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Injury Survey

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Sports Injury Survey

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Salt Lake City 2002 -> Torino 2006

0

20

40

60

80

100

AlpineSkiing

NordicSkiing

IceSledgeHockey

AlpineSkiing

NordicSkiing

IceSledgeHockey

2002 2006

trauma overuse

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Value of Sports Injury Survey

2002

2006

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Value of Sports Injury Survey

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IPC Alpine Ski Injury Survey2008 ->

• FIS Injury Survey modified for IPC Alpine Ski use

• Systematic Injury Reporting over competition and training

• Scientific Study : IPC AS Injury Survey – Investigators

• Webborn, N., Member IPC Sports Science Committee

• Van de Vliet, P., IPC Medical & Scientific Director

• Mestre, S., Chairperson IPC STC Alpine Ski– Approved by IPC Sports Science Committee

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• Type of injury– Fracture, contusion, strain, overuse, …

• Body part(s) involved

• Equipment involved

• Injury circumstances– Competition vs training– Snow / weather conditions

• Medical information– Diagnostics, X-ray, scans

• Video Footage

IPC Alpine Ski Injury Survey2008 ->

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• Annual reporting of statistics

• Rule changes / Equipment recommendations ?

• Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games Injury Survey

IPC Alpine Ski Injury Survey2008 ->

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• The survey can be found onwww.paralympic.org -> winter sports -> IPC Alpine Ski

• Submit injury reports to:ipcalpineskiing@paralympic.org

• Questions & InformationDr. Peter Van de Vliet, IPC Medical & Scientific Director, peter.vandevliet@paralympic.org

IPC Alpine Ski Injury Survey2008 ->

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