Snowboarding Injuries: Current Trends and Future Directions

Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-138

  Bladin, Christopher ^a,c   McCrory, Paul ^b   Pogorzelski, Anita ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DEMOGRAPHY; DROWNING; FOREARM; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POPULATION; PREVENTION; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SKIING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPORT; UNITED STATES; WRIST;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; SKIING;

EID: 1442308484     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200434020-00006     Document Type: Review

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