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Verletzungen beim Kitesurfen

Eine junge Trendsportart

Kitesurfing injuries

A young sport

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Ziel dieses Übersichtsartikels ist es, die Verletzungsmechanismen und Risiken beim Kitesurfen darzustellen. Die im Rahmen einer prospektiven Studie berichteten Verletzungsrate betrug 7,0 pro 1000 h Sportpraxis. Es wurden 1 tödlicher Unfall und 11 schwere Verletzungen berichtet. Die am häufigsten verletzten Körperregionen waren Fuß und Sprunggelenk, Kopf, Brust und Knie. Kontusionen, Schürfwunden und Risswunden waren die häufigsten Verletzungen. Keiner der Kopfverletzten trug einen Helm. In allen Fällen wurde das Board durch die elastische „Board leach“ gegen den Kopf geschleudert. Die häufigsten Verletzungssituationen waren Sprungmanöver, 56%. Sechsundfünfzig Prozent der Verletzungen waren darauf zurückzuführen, dass die Sportler sich nicht von ihrem Kite trennen konnten. Es besteht eine deutliche Tendenz, dass Athleten mit einem „Quick-release-System“, das ein Auslösen des Kites in Extremsituationen ermöglicht, weniger Verletzungen erlitten als Sportler ohne ein solches System. Zusammenfassend bleibt festzuhalten, dass Kitesurfen eine Sportart mit einem hohen Verletzungspotenzial ist. Durch präventive Maßnahmen kann die Verletzungsrate deutlich gesenkt werden.

Abstract

The aim of this review article is to give an overview of current knowledge on kitesurfing injuries. As part of a prospective study, the overall self-reported injury rate was 7.0 per 1000 h of practice. One fatal accident and 11 severe injuries occurred. The most commonly injured sites were foot and ankle, head, chest, and knee. Contusions, abrasions, and lacerations were amongst the most frequent injuries. None of the athletes suffering a head injury used a helmet; the board had been flung against the head by the elastic board leech in all cases. The most common injury situation was the jump. Fifty-six percent of the injuries were attributed to the inability to detach the kite from the harness. There was a tendency that athletes using a quick release system, which enables the surfers to detach the kite in emergency situations, sustained fewer injuries than athletes without such a release system. In conclusion, kitesurfing is a sport with a comparably high injury rate. Preventive measures can reduce the injury rate considerably.

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  1. Klinik für Unfall-, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

    W. Petersen & T. Zantop

  2. Klinikum Elmshorn

    C. Nickel

  3. Klinik für Orthopädie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel

    O. Zernial

  4. Klinik für Unfall-, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Waldeyerstraße 1, 48149, Münster

    W. Petersen

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Petersen, W., Nickel, C., Zantop, T. et al. Verletzungen beim Kitesurfen. Orthopäde 34, 419–425 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00132-005-0792-y

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