Efficacit é de l’airbag d’avalanche face au risque d’ensevelissement : revue de littérature (1996–2016)

Conclusion Cette mise au point semble d’autant plus nécessaire que les chiffres avancés par les producteurs et les médias spécialisés constituent la principale influence poussant à investir dans un airbag. Au-delà de l’affinement progressif des études centrées sur l’efficacité des airbags, il reste à investiguer, parallèlement, l’influence de la possession d’un airbag sur le processus décisionnel sur le terrain. Background In Europe, 130 people die every year in avalanches, mostly while practicing mountain sports. This paper focuses on a technical innovation aiming to avoid burial when a person is caught in an avalanche: the avalanche airbag. We undertook a literature review focused on the study of the effectiveness of such device. Methods A systematic review protocol has been implemented. It is reproducible and gave access to 17 publications dealing with this specific topic during the last twenty years (1996–2016). Results A first period (1996–2002) is characterized by the implementation of relatively fragile experiments (in terms of conditions as well as samples), leading to hasty and flattering conclusions for airbag manufacturers, especially in terms of survival rates of the equipped victims (then represented by mannequins). Benefiting from reliable information on avalanche accidents involving people equipped with airbags, post-2002 publications, much more rigorous in terms of methods, provide more accurate results that both confirm the effec...
Source: Science and Sports - Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research