Pediatric fractures during skateboarding, roller skating, and scooter riding

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 568-573

  Zalavras, Charalampos ^a   Nikolopoulou, Georgia ^a   Essin, Daniel ^a   Manjra, Nahid ^a   Zionts, Lewis E ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Epidemiology; Fractures; Roller skating; Scooter; Skateboard

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELBOW FRACTURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRACTURE; HAND FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT INJURY; TIBIA FRACTURE; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOREARM INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SKATING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 15744405740     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504269256     Document Type: Article

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