Completion rates and injuries in alpine races during the 1994 Olympic Winter Games

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 287-290

  Ekeland, A ^a,e   Dimmen, S ^b   Lystad, H ^c   Aune, A K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Lillehammer Hospital   (Norway)

^c Hemsedal Health Center   (Norway)

^d MARTINA HANSENS HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Athletic injuries; Downhill; Injury rate; Race completion rate; Skiing injury, skiing; Slalom; Sports

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; NORWAY; SEX RATIO; SKIING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; NORWAY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030254799     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1996.tb00472.x     Document Type: Article

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