Career-ending injuries to professional jockeys in British horse racing (1991-2005)

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-24

  Balendra, G ^a   Turner, M ^b   McCrory, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b The Jockey Club   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HORSEBACK RIDING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; SHOULDER INJURY; SPINE INJURY; SPORT INJURY; TRUNK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HORSES; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38549097702     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.038950     Document Type: Article

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