Are there risk factors for snowboard injuries? A case-control multicentre study of 559 snowboarders

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 816-821

  Hasler, Rebecca M ^a   Berov, Simeon ^b   Benneker, Lorin ^a   Dubler, Simon ^a   Spycher, Jonathan ^a   Heim, Dominik ^b   Zimmermann, Heinz ^a   Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Spital Interlaken ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIING; SPORT INJURY; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIING; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956608439     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.071357     Document Type: Article

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