Skill Level-Specific Differences in Snowboarding-Related Injuries

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 532-537

  Ogawa, Hiroyasu ^a   Sumi, Hiroshi ^b   Sumi, Yasuhiko ^b   Shimizu, Katsuji ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sumi Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

injury; severity; skill level; snowboarding

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; JAPAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIING; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; THORAX INJURY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; ARM INJURIES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; JAPAN; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIING; THORACIC INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953409562     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509348763     Document Type: Article

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