Aspects of traumatology in ice hockey |
| |
| Authors: | W Pförringer V Smasal |
| |
| Institution: | 1. Laboratoire Contr?le Moteur et Perception , Université Paris-Sud 11 , Orsaycyrille_lerunigo@yahoo.fr;3. Laboratoire Contr?le Moteur et Perception , Université Paris-Sud 11 , Orsay;4. Laboratoire Efficience et Déficience Motrices , Université Montpellier 1 , Montpellier, France |
| |
| Abstract: | Ice hockey is the fastest team game played and is also considered to be one of the roughest of all sports, with a high injury incidence. Injuries and their causes were recorded by the questioning of players in the first league of the Federal Republic of Germany. Eighty‐eight out of a total of 207 first league players were included in this study. Head injuries were found to occur most frequently: however, lesions of the shoulders and of the upper and lower extremities had a more detrimental effect. The links between causes and mechanisms of the different kinds of injuries make it clear that a marked tightening of the rules and an improvement in protective clothing would serve to reduce the incidence of injuries in ice hockey. |
| |
| Keywords: | Icehockey causes of injury rules of the game protective clothing |
|
|
