Journal article
Injury in kite buggying: the role of the 'out-of-buggy experience'
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, Vol.13(1), pp.104-104
02/05/2018
PMCID: PMC5930821
PMID: 29716626
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Abstract
The purpose of this descriptive, epidemiological study is to classify injury patterns and determine dynamics of injuries, possible causes and preventive measures.
A questionnaire was filled in by 127 kite buggying enthusiasts in 17 countries. Injuries were classified by type and anatomical site. Incident causes were analysed using the Haddon matrix.
Injuries classified as moderate or severe (AIS score ≥ 2) were sustained by 26% of kite buggy enthusiasts. The most common incident dynamic (61.8%) was the OBE (an acronym for 'out-of-buggy experience'). Causal factors were largely equipment-related (42.3%), with remaining incidents being equally attributable to environmental and human factors. While upper and lower limbs were equally involved in incidents, the most frequently affected anatomical site was the shoulder (23%).
Kite buggying can be considered a sport with the potential for serious injury. Injury prevention in this sport needs to be approached from several angles and should include the development and adoption of automatic release systems and shoulder guards, the establishment of formal training programs covering the subject of meteorology and the establishment of secure, designated kite buggying areas. Findings from this study are important for two reasons. First, they demonstrate the significance of understanding specific sports when considering health and safety, and second, the study provides specific data for the fast growing extreme sport of kite buggying.
Details
- Title
- Injury in kite buggying: the role of the 'out-of-buggy experience'
- Creators
- F Feletti - Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. feletti@extremesportmed.orgE Brymer - School of Sport, Leeds Becket University, Leeds, UK
- Publication Details
- Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, Vol.13(1), pp.104-104
- Publisher
- BioMed Central Ltd.
- Identifiers
- 991012951099602368
- Copyright
- © The Author(s). 2018 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health; Human Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article