Injury in traditional and sport rock climbing

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-7

  Paige, Todd E ^a,d   Fiore, David C ^b   Houston, Jeffrey D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mountaineering; Rock climbing; Sport climbing; Traditional climbing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMBING; HUMAN; INTERNET; ROCK; SPORT INJURY; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0031660694     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(1998)009[0002:IITASR]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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