Skiing (~15 million people) and snowboarding (~8 million people) represent the vast majority of winter sports activities. The incidence of injury in skiers is 1.23 per 100,000 participants and the incidence of injury in snowboarders is 1.22 per 100,000 participants. Given the number of ski and snowboard participants each year, it is important to understand how best to prevent and treat musculoskeletal injuries that occur in winter sports.

Source: AOSSM

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