Use of protective equipment by adolescents in inline skating, skateboarding, and snowboarding

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-43

  Kroncke, Erica L ^a,b   Niedfeldt, Mark W ^c   Young, Craig C ^c  

^a ThedaCare Orthopedics Plus   (United States)

^b ThedaCare Physicians   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Extreme sports; Inline skating; Protective equipment; Skateboarding; Snowboarding

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; GLUE; PAINT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELBOW PAD; FEMALE; FRIEND; GLUE SNIFFING; GOGGLES; HELMET; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INLINE SKATING; KNEE PAD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SKATEBOARDING; SKIING; SMOKING; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; WRIST GUARD;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RECREATION; RISK-TAKING; WISCONSIN;

EID: 38049132114     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e318160c044     Document Type: Article

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