Traumatic surfing injuries in New Zealand: a descriptive epidemiology study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

New Zealand (NZ) has nearly 14,000 km of coastline and a surfing population of approximately 315,000 surfers. Given its popularity, surfing has a high frequency of injury claims, however, there remains a lack of data on traumatic surfing-related injuries from large population studies. The primary purpose of this study was to examine traumatic surfing injuries in NZ specific to injury incidence, duration, location, type, mechanism of injury and associated risk factors.

Methods

A sample of self-identified surfers currently living in NZ participated in an online retrospective cross-sectional survey between December 2015 and July 2016. Demographic and surfing injury data were collected and analysed.

Results

The survey yielded 1,473 respondents (18.3% female); a

SUBMITTER: Furness J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8544252 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature