Characteristics of upper extremity injuries sustained by falling during snowboarding: A study of 1918 cases

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1468-1474

  Yamauchi, Koun ^a   Wakahara, Kazuhiko ^b   Fukuta, Masashi ^a   Matsumoto, Kazu ^c   Sumi, Hiroshi ^d   Shimizu, Katsuji ^c   Miyamoto, Kei ^c  

^a Matsunami General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Division of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Sumi Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

fall directions; snowboarding; snowboarding stances; upper extremity injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISLOCATION; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIING; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIING; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954346501     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509361190     Document Type: Article

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