An Epidemiological Study on Winter Sports Injury in Chinese Population

• Conditions: Sports Injury
• Interventions: Other: no intervention

• Registration Number: NCT04954950
• Lead Sponsor: Peking University Third Hospital

Brief Summary

The aims of the study are to describe the injury patterns among recreational skiers and snowboarders in China and to provide primary data to guide the reconstruction of regional healthcare facilities to deal with the increasing number of participants in snow sports.

Detailed Description

A retrospective study was performed in Ski Resorts in Chongli, China. 5000-10000 injured skiers and snowboarders will be recruited. Data of all injury patients in the resort clinic will be collected. Patients' information, including sex, age, equipment, skill level and injured body part, will be analysed.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-07-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-07-01
• Status Verified: 2021-06
• Study First Submitted: 2021-06-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-07-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-07-01
• Study First Posted: 2021-07-08
• Last Update Posted: 2021-07-08
• Study Completion: 2021-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 5000

Inclusion Criteria

• Skiing and snowboarding injuries

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Exclusion Criteria

• Skiing and snowboarding visitors without injuries

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
sports injuries	no intervention	Patients were classified according to self-reported years of participation in skiing and snowboarding: beginner (first season), medium (1-5 years), advanced (5-10 years) and expert (≥10 years). Date of injury was divided into weekdays and weekends/ holidays according to the Chinese government holiday arrangement.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Injured body parts	1 week after injury	Injured body parts were categorised into the following four anatomical body regions: (1) head/cervical, (2) torso, (3) upper extremity and (4) lower extremity.
sex	1 week after injury	male/female
Date of injury	1 week after injury	Date of injury was divided into weekdays and weekends/holidays according to the Chinese government holiday arrangement.
age	1 week after injury	15-60/\>60
Causes of injury	1 week after injury	We summarised causes of injury into two types according to the subjective description of the scene of injury: not involving others, defined as falling or crashing without any body contact with others; and involving others, defined as crashing that involves two or more people.
Slope difficulty	1 week after injury	Slope difficulty was categorised into beginner trail, medium trail and advanced trail according to the official data of slope inclination angle.
Equipment	1 week after injury	Equipment was classified into skis and snow-boards. Special equipment such as cross-country skis and skiboards is rare in China and has not been recorded in the present study.
Skill level	1 week after injury	Patients were classified according to self-reported years of participation in skiing and snowboarding: beginner (first season), medium (1-5 years), advanced (5-10 years) and expert (≥10 years).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Peking university third hospital; 🇨🇳 Beijing, Beijing, China