@article{ref1,
title="Risk and severity of injury in a population of BASE jumpers",
journal="New Zealand medical journal",
year="2008",
author="Monasterio, Erik and Mei-Dan, Omer",
volume="121",
number="1277",
pages="70-75",
abstract="AIM: To determine the frequency and severity of accidents in a population of BASE jumpers (people who jump with parachute from a fixed object such as from a cliff). METHODS: To determine the frequency and characteristics of BASE jumping accidents, a cross-sectional survey of experienced BASE jumpers was completed. RESULTS: 35 BASE jumpers enrolled in the study. Findings revealed that there were approximately 9914 jumps made and the estimated rate of injury was 0.4%. 39 accidents involving 21 (60%) BASE jumpers were found. 28 accidents (72%) predominantly involved the lower limbs, 12 (31%) involved the back/spine, 7 (18%) the upper limbs, and 1 (3%) was a head injury. CONCLUSION: BASE jumping is associated with a high risk of serious injury and appears to be significantly more dangerous than skydiving.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0028-8446",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}