Elbow, forearm, wrist, and hand injuries among sport rock climbers

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 196-203

  Holtzhausen, Lucy May ^a   Noakes, Timothy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Sport rock climbing injuries

Indexed keywords

ARM INJURY; AWARENESS; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLIMBING; DATA BASE; ELBOW INJURY; EPICONDYLITIS; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT LIMITATION; LIGAMENT INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; TENDINITIS; WRIST INJURY;

EID: 0029945156     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-199607000-00010     Document Type: Review

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