Mountain Biking Injuries: Fitting Treatment to the Causes

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 64-70

  Kronisch, Robert L ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; BICYCLE; CONTUSION; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; TRAINING;

EID: 0031908187     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: 23263660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00913847.1998.11440349     Document Type: Article

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