Increased Injury Risk among First-Day Skiers, Snowboarders, and Skiboarders

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 96-103

  Langran, Mike ^a,b,c   Selvaraj, Sivasubramaniam ^b  

^a Aviemore Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Injury; Risk; Skiboarding; Skiing; Snowboarding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIING; SPORT INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SKIING;

EID: 0942268958     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399703258684     Document Type: Article

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