Ice Climbing Festival in Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics: Medical Management and Injury Analysis

Conclusions The findings from this study provide an opportunity to compare injury patterns in SIC with what has previously been reported for traditional ice climbing. SIC has lower fatality risks, higher minor injury rates, and comparable injury severity to traditional ice climbing. The main limitation of our findings is that they were obtained on a population of amateur ice climbers with no previous experience. Further research should be performed to define injury risks in professional competitive ice climbers, and standard methodologies for reporting injuries should be considered.
Source: Wilderness and Environmental Medicine - Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research