Research summary · Para sport
Injury patterns across three Para Alpine Games
Prospective surveillance combines injury reports from Para Alpine skiing at three Paralympic Winter Games to identify timing, location and burden patterns.
- Publication year
- 2026
- First published online
- Publication type
- Combined prospective injury-surveillance study
- Journal
- Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
- Population / context
- Para Alpine skiing · Three Paralympic Winter Games
What the publication reports
The dataset covered 486 athletes and 6,002 athlete-days. Injury incidence was 29.4 per 1,000 athlete-days and was higher before competition than during it; head, face or neck and knee injuries were most common, and 10% of injuries implied more than 28 days lost.
Limits and interpretation
Surveillance depends on medical reporting and expected time loss, combines different Games contexts and cannot establish which prevention measures would reduce injury.
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A High Rate of Acute Injuries in Para Alpine Skiing-A Combined Prospective Study of Injuries Reported at the Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018, and Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games
Original publication / indexed recordPMID: 41521273DOI: 10.1111/sms.70198Reader discussion
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