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Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2022; 26(01): 082-090
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1731421
Review Article

Injuries in Skating and Sledding Winter Sports: Patterns and Imaging Findings

Benoît Rizk 
1   Centre d'Imagerie de Fribourg, Groupe 3R, Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland
,
Hugues Brat
2   Institut de Radiologie de Sion, Groupe 3R, Sion, Switzerland
,
Tony Pirrello
3   MotionLab, Le-Mont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland
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Abstract

While skiing and snowboarding are amongst the most common winter sports, skating and sledding activities are also popular for competition or recreation. Related injuries following an acute trauma mainly involve head, spine, upper and lower limbs. For elite athletes, overuse injuries represent a significant burden. In skating, lesions can be related to boot structure and design. This article reviews epidemiology, patterns, and imaging findings of common injuries in ice skating, short track speed skating, curling, luge, bobsleigh, and skeleton.

Keywords

sledding - skating - winter sports - imaging - injuries


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Article published online:
09 February 2022

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