Injuries at the 2005 World Championships in Rock Climbing

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-190

  Schöffl, Volker Rainer ^a,b,c,f   Kuepper, Thomas ^c,d,e  

^a KLINIKUM BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c MedCom UIAA   (Switzerland)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Center for Travel Medicine (CRM)   (Germany)

^f NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Injury risk; Rock climbing; Sport injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NAUSEA; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCK CLIMBING; SAFETY; SKIN BRUISING; SPORT INJURY; SPRAIN;

EID: 33750315804     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/PR26-05     Document Type: Article

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