스키상해에 대한 연도별 실태조사 - D 스키장을 중심으로

Annual Survey of SKI Injury - D Ski Resort -

&nbsp;&nbsp;This study made conclusions by classifying the time of accident, sex, injury factors, and the configuration of the ground referring to the injury report in D Ski resort (December 1997- march 2000) to find out the factor of Ski injury and to prevent people from injury.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;First, the result of Ski injury classification is that the most dangerous time is after lunch [(13:00~15:00), 140(14.32%)], especially weekend when many people have free time [Sunday 207 (21.68%)], holiday, and January [477 (21.68%)]. The most common injury is coming from a crash caused by down hill, or over attempting. This crash can cause knee fracture[231(23.64)] or bruise.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Second, the result of classifying the sex, age, and level of injured people tells that main factor of ski injury is fast downhill and imitation difficult skills without considering their ski ability.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Third, many ski accidents occur, when skiers choose higher level course than their ski ability with over estimation of their ability. Along with increased numbers of beginners, there are too many people in beginner&quot;s course. So, many novices move to next level course. It makes difficult situation. The reason of many accidents occurring to people who borrowed their equipment is in sufficient knowledge of equipment and unsuitable choice of equipment.