According to AIS and ISS, injury locations and severity in patients admitted after sledging-related injuries
| Total N=193 (%) | Male N=85 (%) | Female N=108 (%) | P value* | |
| No head injury | 165 (86) | 78 (92) | 87 (81) | 0.047* |
| Head, AIS 1 | 6 (3) | 1 (1) | 5 (5) | |
| Head, AIS 2 | 19 (10) | 4 (5) | 15 (14) | |
| Head, AIS 3 | 3 (2) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | |
| No facial injury | 180 (93) | 78 (92) | 102 (94) | 0.053* |
| Face, AIS 1 | 4 (2) | 3 (4) | 1 (1) | |
| Face, AIS 2 | 6 (3) | 1 (2) | 5 (5) | |
| Face, AIS 3 | 3 (2) | 3 (4) | 0 (0) | |
| No neck injury | 182 (94) | 84 (99) | 98 (91) | 0.076* |
| Neck, AIS 1 | 5 (3) | 0 (0) | 5 (5) | |
| Neck, AIS 2 | 5 (3) | 1 (1) | 4 (4) | |
| Neck, AIS 3 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | |
| No chest injury | 159 (82) | 69 (81) | 90 (83) | 0.956* |
| Chest, AIS 1 | 14 (7) | 7 (8) | 7 (7) | |
| Chest, AIS 2 | 9 (5) | 4 (5) | 5 (5) | |
| Chest, AIS 3 | 9 (5) | 4 (5) | 5 (5) | |
| Chest, AIS 4 | 1 (0.5) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | |
| Chest, AIS 5 | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | |
| No abdominal injury | 154 (80) | 69 (81) | 85 (79) | 0.866* |
| Abdominal, AIS 1 | 18 (9) | 9 (11) | 9 (8) | |
| Abdominal, AIS 2 | 15 (8) | 5 (6) | 10 (9) | |
| Abdominal, AIS 3 | 5 (3) | 2 (2 | 3 (3) | |
| Abdominal, AIS 4 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Abdominal, AIS 5 | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | |
| No injury to the extremities | 77 (40) | 27 (31.8) | 50 (46) | 0.217* |
| Extremity, AIS 1 | 52 (27) | 27 (32) | 25 (23) | |
| Extremity, AIS 2 | 55 (28.5) | 27 (32) | 28 (26) | |
| Extremity, AIS 3 | 9 (5) | 4 (5) | 5 (5) | |
| No external injury | 146 (76) | 66 (78) | 80 (74) | 0.728* |
| External, AIS 1 | 43 (22) | 18 (21) | 25 (23) | |
| External, AIS 2 | 4 (2) | 1 (1) | 3 (3) | |
| Injury Severity Score (ISS), median (IQR) | 4 (1–5) | 4 (1–5) | 4 (1–5) | 0.290 |
The Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare continuous variables.
Statistically significant values have been highlighted in bold (p <0.05).
*Fisher’s exact test.
AIS, Abbreviated Injury Scale; ISS, Injury Severity Score.