Wrist Fractures from Snowboarding: A Prospective Study for 3 Seasons from 1998 to 2001

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 64-71

  Matsumoto, Kazu ^a   Sumi, Hiroshi ^b   Sumi, Yasuhiko ^b   Shimizu, Katsuji ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sumi Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distal radial fracture; Snowboarding; Wrist injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; JUMPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT INJURY; WRIST FRACTURE; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; SKIING; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 1642307916     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-200403000-00003     Document Type: Review

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