Injuries among elite snowboarders (FIS Snowboard World Cup)

Torjussen, J., & Bahr, R. (2006, March). Injuries among elite snowboarders (FIS Snowboard World Cup). British Journal of Sports Medicine, 40(3), 230-234. Retrieved March 16, 2008, doi:10.1136/bjsm.2005.021329

Bibliographic Annotation:

In this scholarly journal, they are discussing the previous injuries that have recently occurred to professional snowboarders.  There are proven facts that injuries among competitive snowboarders are higher risk than those of leisure.  More and more are undergoing knee and back injuries than the normal wrist injury.  Out of 258 athletes competing in 3193 total competition days, 135 consisted of acute injuries.  In the test conducted, the severity of one of the snowboarders’ injuries was based on the length of time it took to recuperate.  Again, Snowboarding can be a dangerous sport.

Helmets for Skiers and Snowboarders: An Injury Prevention Program 

Levy, A. (2007, July). Helmets for Skiers and Snowboarders: An Injury Prevention Program. Health Promotion Practice, 8(3), 257-265. Retrieved March 16, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database.

Bibliographic Annotation:

This scholarly journal discusses the importance of helmets for skiers and snowboarders.  They conducted a test to see whether snowboarders and skiers would wear, helmets based one if it was offered in a rental package.  As the years progressed, more and more people wore the helmet.  They believe that through education, and better loaner programs, they can hopefully decrease the amount of head injuries from skiing and snowboarding.  It is smart to wear a helmet because snowboarding can be a dangerous sport.

Central Cord Syndrome in Patients With Klippel-Feil Syndrome Resulting From Winter Sports.

Matsumoto, K., Wakahara, K., Sumi, H., & Shimizu, K. (2006, October). Central Cord Syndrome in Patients With Klippel-Feil Syndrome Resulting From Winter Sports: Report of 3 Cases. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 34(10), 1685-1689. Retrieved March 16, 2008, doi:10.1177/0363546506288017

Bibliographic Annotation:

This scholarly journal discusses an issue in which a patient had crashed and injured his self.  He had fallen and broke several vertebrae in his spinal cord.  From this accident, he became diagnose with central cord syndrome Klippel-Feil Syndrome.  He cannot feel various upper extremities in his body.  Crashing hard and/or landing on your neck can be very bad.  Snowboarding is nothing to mess with, it can be a dangerous sport.

SnowBlind: A Snowboarding Injury Video.

Snowblindmovie. (11-15-06). Extreme Snowboarding flat out face plant. Retrieved 3-16-08 from http://youtube.com/watch?v=uuXTXxQ4z8Q

McCall, Ken. (11-15-06). Snow better than ice when it comes to injuries. Retrieved March 16, 2008 from http://technorati.com/posts/bHtut2i3shTeW1PVcRQU2ivZj4IUM6vUBKhlIHqrNgU%3D.

Bibliographic Annotation: This website talks about a different aspect in snowboard injuries.  When more snow falls, there is less injuries.  People tend to stay away from going snowboarding when a huge amount of snow has fallen recently.  They say that if there were to be a lot of ice, and then they would have had a lot more injuries to deal with at the hospital than if there was a snowfall recently.  Snowboarding can be a dangerous sport.

 Regan., Zambri., Long. “Snowboarder’s Ankle”: Hard-To-Spot Fracture Often Misdiagnosed as a Sprain. Retrieve March 16, 2008 from http://technorati.com/posts/WDfPg%2FQWxp10m82MWQCVgFHTPv2iDXm%2FpMMt0Btn2Yg%3D .

Bibliographic Annotation: This website talks about the injury called the “snowboarders ankle.”  With the increase in snowboard popularity, more people are injuring themselves with this injury and they are being diagnosed only to have a sprain.  Its symptoms are that of a sprain, but the damage is far worse.  There is a little crack in the ankle and it must be fixed by wearing a stiff medical boot.  They recommend you protect yourself with the proper safety gear before snowboarding.  This further proves that snowboarding can be a dangerous sport.

No Fall Snowboarding: 10 Easy Steps to Safe and Fun Boarding

Martin, D., Diehl, M., & Seliger, M. (2005). No Fall Snowboarding: 10 Easy Steps to Safe and Fun Boarding. Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group.

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This book discusses the way to learn snowboarding the right way.  It teaches one how to be injury free and the right techniques to keep you that way eve long before you even hit the snow.  This book teaches you basic skills like balance and movements so that you do not swerve yourself too quick and fall easily.  This book is great for beginner, intermediate, and experts.  It can and will teach everyone how to better their skills to keep them injury free.  Snowboarding is dangerous, but this book can help more to be aware and avoid the dangers.