Epidemiology and risk factors of humerus fractures among skiers and snowboarders

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1880-1888

  Bissell, Benjamin T ^a   Johnson, Robert J ^a   Shafritz, Adam B ^a   Chase, Derek C ^a   Ettlinger, Carl F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Vermont Ski Safety Equipment Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Humerus; Skiing; Snowboarding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATHLETE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAPHYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT; GENDER; HELMET; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; JUMPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SKIING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; HUMERUS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SKIING; VERMONT; WRIST INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52149084758     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508318195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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