The New Zealand medical journal
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Comparative Study
Patterns of lower limb fractures sustained during snowsports in Otago, New Zealand.
The aim of this study was to determine the nature and circumstances of lower limb fractures caused by skiing and snowboarding at the Otago skifields that required operative treatment at Dunedin Hospital from 2002 to 2008. ⋯ Snowboarding related lower limb fractures are more likely to involve the ankle and be left sided. Skiing related lower limb fractures are more proximal with no laterality.