Injury and illness during a multiday recreational bicycling tour

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 125-128

  Townes, David A ^a   Barsotti, Christopher ^b   Cromeans, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BERKSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycle tour; Event medicine; Injury and illness pattern; Multiday charity bicycle event

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYCLING; DEHYDRATION; HEAT INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; RECREATION; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY;

EID: 25644449731     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2005)16[125:IAIDAM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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