Impact of back protectors on spinal injuries in alpine winter sports: a retrospective cohort study
Back protectors neither prevented spinal injuries nor provided beneficial protection in polytrauma cases among patients presenting to our level I trauma center.
Authors
- Jan Gewiess (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9366-6375)
- Niklas Rutsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5035-2264)
- Christoph E. Albers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2751-3458)
- Dominik A. Jakob (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5977-6135)
- Sebastian F. Bigdon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4649-0610)
- Christian Tinner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2920-7518)
- Sonja Häckel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9415-6633)
- A Ackermann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8489-4510)
- Fabian Cedric Aregger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8401-3348)
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- Lindenhofspital (CH)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
- Published
- 2025-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-025-02983-8
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.04