Acute injury and chronic disability resulting from surfboard riding

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 429-437

  Taylor, D McD ^a   Bennett, D ^a   Carter, M ^a   Garewal, D ^a   Finch, C F ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; AUSTRIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISLOCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EXOSTOSIS; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; LACERATION; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; PREVALENCE; PTERYGIUM; REVIEW; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SPRAIN; SURFBOARD RIDING; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CAUSALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LACERATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICK LEAVE; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; VICTORIA;

EID: 16844373550     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1440-2440(04)80260-3     Document Type: Article

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