Sensation seeking and injury risk in downhill skiing |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware, Mail Code 1932, Minneapolis, MN 55414;2. Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD;3. Department of Epidemiology and the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD;4. Department of Cardiology, Mount Sinai St. Luke''s Roosevelt Hospital (Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center);5. University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05405;6. National College of Natural Medicine, SW Porter Street, Portland, OR 97201;7. Division of Cardiology, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St. SE. Mayo Mail Code 508, Minneapolis, MN 55455;8. Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University;9. School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 33 Parnassus Ave, UC Hall, San Francisco, CA 94143;10. Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Diego, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, 9434 Medical Center Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037;11. Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224;12. School of Medicine, University of California, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, Cardiology Section, mc 9111A, San Diego, CA 92161;13. School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN;14. Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA;1. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States;2. Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States;3. Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States;4. Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States;5. Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States;6. Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States;7. Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States |
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| Abstract: | A validated Dutch version of Zuckerman's sensation seeking (SS) scale was sent to a population of downhill skiers. It was expected that injured skiers (N = 219) would have higher thrill and adventure seeking (TAS) scores compared to a control group of uninjured skiers (N = 288). Information on other risk factors for ski injury, as measured in an earlier study among the same skiers, was included in a logistic model in order to adjust for confounding. Response (73%) was slightly higher among females, younger skiers and higher educated persons. Skiers have a high TAS score compared to a Dutch reference population. The observed correlations between SS subscales, as well as the trends associated with age and gender are in full agreement with the literature. Surprisingly, TAS scores were lower among the cases (35.0) compared to the control group (37.3) [P < 0.01]. Adjustment for other risk factors for ski injury in the logistic regression does not change the effect of the TAS score substantially. It is postulated that skiers with a high TAS score could be more experienced in balancing on the border of their individual capacities. More research into this problem, preferably with a prospective design, is recommended. |
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