Factors affecting injury severity among recreational skiers and snowboarders: An epidemiology study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1804-1809

  Girardi, Paolo ^a   Braggion, Marco ^a   Sacco, Giuseppe ^b   de Giorgi, Franco ^b   Corra, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b General Regional Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Injury severity score; Skiing injury; Snowboarding injury; Snowfall

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURIES; INJURY SCALE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649944523     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1133-1     Document Type: Article

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