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INJURIES AND ILLNESSES DURING SKIING LESSONS FOR KINESIOLOGY STUDENTS

The program at the University of Zagreb includes 75 hours of alpine skiing lessons. The practical part of the lessons is conducted out of Zagreb, as field lessons in a ski resort. During the whole stay the students go skiing for undergo 10 days and during this time they are accommodated in a hotel. The aim of this study was to describe the most common injuries and illnesses that occur during the 2 seasons and that cause the absence from skiing lessons. The total number of skiing days in two seasons was 4180, attended by 418 students in ten groups. Most of the students were Croatian, but 10% of international students (through the Erasmus exchange program and similar) also attended classes. On average, there were about 5 injuries and 10 illnesses of varying intensity per 1000 skiing days (or per 100 persons over 10 days). The most common reason for lost ski days was increased body temperature (usually 3 to 5 per group), which in total accounted for slightly less than 5% of all participating students. The variance of this symptom between the groups was high, since in some groups there was a spread of the general flu. In case of a flu, it would have been expected that at least 10 to 15% of the students in the hotel would have been affected and would have lost an average of 3 days of ski lessons. In case of a cold, the absence from skiing was on average less than one day. The other common complaint was diarrhea (in rare cases with vomiting), which occurred on average in 1 to 2% of students and usually responded well to a single dose of loperamide and rarely resulted in more than one day's absence. The injuries consisted mainly of knee injuries ; a stretching of the MCL, which sometimes returned to teaching after two days (3 injuries/100 pupils/10 days) or more severe knee injuries (1/100 pupils/10 days) and various lacerations (1 to 2 /100 pupils/10 days). Common complaints were compressions of ski boots, which led to blisters and wounds (on average 5/100 pupils/10 days), which in some more severe cases necessitated absence from skiing. Other injuries were rare and included contusions, shoulder dislocations, thumb injuries, hematomas from falls and (1/100 students/10 days). Other complaints were also rare and included toothache, which in 2 cases required the attention of the dentist, conjunctivitis, headache, an allergic reaction of the penicillin skin and, interestingly enough, a cat bite and a brown hermit spider bite (probably)

injury ; students ; skiing ; field lessons

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