Editorial on the Research Topic the 2nd Edition of Mountain Sports Activities: Injuries and Prevention

Martin Burtscher; Urs Hefti; Gerhard Ruedl; Jacqueline Pichler Hefti

doi:10.3390/ijerph19159510

Editorial on the Research Topic the 2nd Edition of Mountain Sports Activities: Injuries and Prevention

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 2;19(15):9510. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19159510.

Authors

Martin Burtscher^{1

2}, Urs Hefti^{3

4}, Gerhard Ruedl¹, Jacqueline Pichler Hefti³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Sport Science, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
² Austrian Society for Alpine and High-Altitude Medicine, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
³ Swiss Sportclinic, 3014 Bern, Switzerland.
⁴ Medical Commission, International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA), 3014 Bern, Switzerland.

Abstract

Mountain sports are continuously gaining popularity, currently fueled by the post-pandemic period expanding travel opportunities and the desire to escape the increasingly hot environmental conditions of urban areas-ambient temperature decreases by about 6 [...].

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Athletic Injuries* / epidemiology
Athletic Injuries* / prevention & control
Humans
Sports*
Travel

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.