Accidents and injuries related to powered paragliding: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Powered paragliding (PPG) and paragliding are two totally different sports, mainly because of the use of an engine in powered paragliding. As a consequence, the pattern of injuries caused by each of these two sports may be different.

Setting

To test this hypothesis, we analysed 384 incident reports gathered by the US Powered Paragliding Association from 1995 to 2012. The majority of the incidents occurred in the USA, while 26 incidents occurred elsewhere: Canada (8), Mexico (5), Panama (1), China (1), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), Indonesia (Java) (1), Europe (8): of which Spain (1), Belgium (1), UK (3), Italy (1), Romania (1), unknown (1).

Outcome

To identify the most affected body area and the most common type of injury sustained in PPG, and to highlight any d

SUBMITTER: Feletti F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4156803 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature