Evaluation of skiing injuries by Injury Severity Score

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 110-113

  Bergstrom K A ^a   Askild, O ^b   Jorgensen N A ^c   Ekeland, Arne ^a,d  

^a Dept of Surgery   (Norway)

^b Øyer Health Centre   (Norway)

^c Hafjell Alpine Centre   (Norway)

^d MARTINA HANSENS HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alpine sports; Body regions and slopes; Injury localisation and severity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; NORWAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIING; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; NORWAY; SEX FACTORS; SKIING;

EID: 0043232731     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1999.tb00218.x     Document Type: Article

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