@article{ref1,
title="Injury mechanisms in windsurfing regatta",
journal="Sportverletzung, Sportschaden",
year="1999",
author="Prymka, M. and Plötz, G. M. and Jerosch, J.",
volume="13",
number="4",
pages="107-111",
abstract="In a retrospective study, we evaluated the injuries of 44 semi-professional competitors for the German Windsurf Cup, which were suffered from during one windsurfing season. This Cup is the national qualification tour for the annual &quot;production fun board world championship&quot;. The subjects, participating in our study were randomly chosen. There were no surf-specific differences between the two groups. The average age was 24.63% had competitive surfing as their hobby, 37% were professional or semi-professional board sailors. The subjects surfed an average of 85 days in 1995. 23 (52%) windsurfers did not get hurt during the entire season. 21 (48%) of them got injured during the 1995 windsurf season. This is an incidence of only one injury per 174 windsurfing days. Only three windsurfers were injured during a competition. The other 18 occurred during training sessions. Most accidents happened because of an overpower situation, i.e. the sail was too big for the wind force (43%), or through negligence on the part of the windsurfer (19%). The most frequent type of the accident was the so called catapult crash (57%). The most common injuries were ligament ruptures of the lower leg (33%) and head burst wounds (19%). Compared with other competitive fun sports (e.g. snow boarding), windsurfing has a lower injury risk. In regard to the injury mechanisms, prophylactic recommendations are made.<p /><p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0932-0555",
doi="10.1055/s-2007-993325",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-993325"
}