Alpine ski injuries and their prevention

Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 785-793

  Koehle, M S ^a,b   Lloyd Smith, R ^a,b   Taunton, J E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM INJURY; CANADA; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; REVIEW; SKIING; SPINE INJURY; SPORT INJURY;

EID: 0036401307     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200232120-00003     Document Type: Review

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