An Epidemiological Study on Winter Sports Injury in Chinese Population

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Sports Injury
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: no intervention

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 Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 5000

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: nayun chen, M.D.; Phone Number: +86 010-82265753; Email: aoyingfang@163.com

Study Locations

• China
  • Beijing
    • Beijing, Beijing, China, 100191
      • Recruiting
      • Peking University Third Hospital
      • Contact: yingfang ao, M.D.; Phone Number: 13910125935; Email: aoyingfang@163.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Data for this retrospective study were collected from the resort clinic in Chongli during ski season. Chongli is a destination ski resort in Northern China which has various terrains and has the largest number of annual visits.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Skiing and snowboarding injuries

Exclusion Criteria:

• Skiing and snowboarding visitors without injuries

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
sports injuries; 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.	Other: no intervention; no intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
sex	male/female	1 week after injury
age	15-60/>60	1 week after injury
Equipment	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.	1 week after injury
Skill level	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).	1 week after injury
Date of injury	Date of injury was divided into weekdays and weekends/holidays according to the Chinese government holiday arrangement.	1 week after injury
Causes of 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.	1 week after injury
Slope difficulty	Slope difficulty was categorised into beginner trail, medium trail and advanced trail according to the official data of slope inclination angle.	1 week after injury
Injured body parts	Injured body parts were categorised into the following four anatomical body regions: (1) head/cervical, (2) torso, (3) upper extremity and (4) lower extremity.	1 week after injury

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Peking University Third Hospital
• Investigators: Study Chair: yingfang ao, M.D., Peking University Third Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 1, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 1, 2019
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 31, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 27, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 1, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): July 8, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 8, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 1, 2021
• Last Verified: June 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Wounds and Injuries; Athletic Injuries
• Other Study ID Numbers: M2019456

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No