Acute spine injuries in skiers and snowboarders

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-38

  Kary, Joel M ^a  

^a Neonatology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY SEVERITY; REVIEW; SKIING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WINTER SPORT; ACUTE DISEASE; INJURY; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SKIING; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 40949083907     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CSMR.0000308670.07441.4f     Document Type: Review

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