Injuries Incidents in Outdoor Courses
Vol.12,No.1(2018)
Outdoor sports are nowadays often called extreme or high-risk sports. The aim of the study was to analyse
the injury incidence of these activities and sports that are taught by the Outdoor Sports Department,
Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University. The research sample was created by students
and teachers who participated on the courses organised by Outdoor Sports department during a period of six
years (2009–2015). We analysed the number and type of injuries. The data was compared by quantifying
the injury incidence and objectively grading the injury severity using the NACA score per 1000 hours
of sporting participation. The sports examined were: alpine skiing, cross country skiing, snowboarding,
freeride and ski-touring, water touring, wild water sports, sea-kayaking, climbing and bouldering,
cycling, orienteering, games in nature, exercise in nature. The highest risk was show to be exercise in nature
(1.767 injuries /1000h) and games in nature (1.511/1000h). The most injuries from skiing activities
were by freeride and ski-touring (0.715/1000h), followed by snowboarding (0.289/1000h) and alpine
skiing (0.266/1000h). In water sports, most injuries happened in sea-kayaking (1.065/1000h) and
wild water sports (0.457/1000h). The total incidence of injury incidence for the whole Outdoor Sports Department was 0.438 injuries per 1000 hours. 69 % of injuries were light according to NACA scoring system, 23 % moderately severe, 6.5 % severe and 1.5 % potentially life threatening. The incidence of outdoor sports and activities appears to be much lower than in many mainstream sports such as football, ice hockey,
basketball or handball.
outdoor sports; skiing; canoeing; accident; FTVS UK courses
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