Self-inflicted splenic injury in snowboarders: postural analysis of forward falls of 10 consecutive patients

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 308-312

  Tomita, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Takagi, Yukihiro ^a   Saji, Shigetoyo ^a   Kimura, Atushi ^a   Imai, Hisashi ^a   Sumi, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a Sumi Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEFENSIVENESS; ELBOW; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIING; SPLEEN INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SKIING; SPLEEN; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33646026121     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.10.014     Document Type: Article

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