Sledding: How fast can they go?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages

  Cimpello, Lynn Babcock ^a   Garcia, Madelyn ^a   Rueckmann, Eric ^a   Markevicz, Colleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Kinetic energy; Sledding; Speed

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; HUMAN; KINETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT INJURY; VELOCITY; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HELMET; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WINTER SPORT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; NEW YORK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SNOW SPORTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 68049124518     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318160f856     Document Type: Article

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