Severe Skiing and Snowboarding Injury Factors from Chinese Resorts, 2021-2024

2,369 injured adult skiers and snowboarders were studied across three winter seasons at two resorts in Zhangjiakou, China. The data, authored by Xiaoyu Ling and published on figshare in 2026, includes 339 severe injuries (14.3%) and models associations with protective gear, behavior, skill level, and environmental conditions.

Use Cases

• Modeling the protective effect of knee protectors on injury severity based on the reported odds ratio.
• Analyzing nonlinear dose-response relationships for environmental factors like snow depth and temperature.
• Identifying effect modification where practices like warm-ups show stronger protection in high-risk subgroups like beginners.
• Examining the association between collision events and increased odds of severe injury.

Strengths

• Includes 2,369 injury cases with a clear severe injury definition (ISS > 15).
• Covers three winter seasons (2021-2024) from two specific ski resorts.
• Analysis includes nonlinear modeling and interaction testing for effect heterogeneity.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the underlying raw data is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is limited to two resorts in Zhangjiakou, China, which may affect generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Xiaoyu Ling via figshare.

Collection Method

Retrospective cross-sectional study of injured participants treated at resort medical clinics and emergency departments.

Time Range

Three winter seasons from 2021 to 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-13 04:35:33; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Two ski resorts in Zhangjiakou, China.