Spectrum of injuries from glacial sports

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-37

  Schindera, Sebastian T ^a   Triller, Juergen ^a   Steinbach, Lynne S ^b   Zimmermann, Heinz ^a   Takala, Juka ^a   Anderson, Suzanne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crevasse fall; Glacial sports; Ice field fall; Injury prevention; Injury rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD INJURY; CONCUSSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FACE FRACTURE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FIBULA; GLACIAL SPORTS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; LEG INJURY; MALE; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PELVIS FRACTURE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIUS FRACTURE; RIB FRACTURE; SPORT INJURY; SPRAIN; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SUBLUXATION; THORAX INJURY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 15744387137     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/PR05-04.1     Document Type: Article

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