Are snowboarders more likely to damage their spines than skiers? Lessons learned from a study of spinal injuries from the Otago skifields in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1217, 2005, Pages

  Donald, Simon ^a,d   Chalmers, David ^b   Theis, Jean Claude ^c  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SKIING; SPINE FRACTURE; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRACTURE; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PILOT STUDY; SEX RATIO; SPINE INJURY; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PILOT PROJECTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIING; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 26944488047     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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