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Nordic ski jumping injuries

A survey of active American jumpers

Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Lynn McIntyre, MD, MHSc

Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Jay J. Rand

Intervale Ski Jump Complex, U. S. Olympic Training Center, Lake Placid, New York

Edward G. Hixson, MD

Sports Medicine Clinic, U. S. Olympic Training Center, Lake Placid, New York

Little data are available in the medical literature on nordic ski jumping injuries. Injury questionnaires were sent to all active American ski jumpers registered either with the United States Ski Association or with a jumping club registered with the United States Ski Association. One hundred thirty-three of 286 (46.5%) injury ques tionnaires were returned. Eighty-one of the 133 re spondents (60.9%) had been injured sufficiently to re quire examination by a physician at least once during their jumping careers. This report describes the types and frequencies of injuries sustained by this group of nordic ski jumpers as well as provides demographic data about American ski jumpers. The risk of injury per 100 participant years was 9.4, a rate less than that reported for most high school or college intermural sports.

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