Parachute ankle brace and extrinsic injury risk factors during parachuting

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 408-415

  Knapik, Joseph J ^a   Darakjy, Salima ^a   Swedler, David ^a   Amoroso, Paul ^b   Jones, Bruce H ^a  

^a U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne; Combat load; Entanglements; Epidemiology; Military personnel; Night; Risk factors; Wind

Indexed keywords

ANKLE DISLOCATION; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE INJURY; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BRACE; CONCUSSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; FOOT FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY MEDICINE; PARACHUTIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; AVIATION; BRACES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 41549153234     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2218.2008     Document Type: Article

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