Alpine Climbing: Injuries and Illness

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 633-644

  Smith, Larry O ^a,b  

^a Yakima Heart Center   (United States)

^b Emergency Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; NIFEDIPINE; OXYGEN;

ACCIDENT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTHRALGIA; BIOMECHANICS; BLISTER; BRAIN EDEMA; COLD INJURY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FALLING; FATALITY; FINGER; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HEEL PAIN; HELMET; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; KNEE PAIN; LIMB DYSESTHESIA; LUNG EDEMA; MOUNTAINEERING; MUSCLE TRAINING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROCK CLIMBING; RUNNING; SPORT INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MOUNTAINEERING; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 33748280673     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2006.05.003     Document Type: Review

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