More than half are beginners with less than one week' s training experience, one-fifth of the beginners met with the accident on the first snowboard day. The accidents happened irrespective of snow and runway conditions. Accidents due to tearing of the fastenings always injured the lowe extremity. Injuries of the upper and lower extremities take place i the same proportions. Injureis of the trunk and head are rare.
Beginners usually injure the uppr, while good snowboarders the lower extremities.
The most common injuries are radius fractures, followerd by ankle and knee distorsions. Parallel with marked escalation in the number of injuries of the skull, shoulder girdle and upper extremities in recent years, the incidence of spinal injuries as also intensified. This is due to an increse in speed and deceleration traumas, such as are particular to collison accidents. A retrospective ten-year study was undertaken to analyze the surgically teated spina injuries out of overall winter sports injureis. SErious snowboard accidents are expecially predestined for injuries of the cervial vertebrae.