Recreational mountain biking injuries

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 274-279

  Aitken, Stuart A ^a   Biant, L C ^a   Court Brown, Charles M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BODY ARMOR; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FINGER PHALANX; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INCIDENCE; JOINT DISLOCATION; LIMB; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA FRACTURE; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; MOUNTAIN BIKING INJURY; NECK INJURY; NOSE FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; RIB FRACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCAPULA; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINE FRACTURE; THORACIC SPINE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TOE PHALANX; TOOTH FRACTURE; TRUNK; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BICYCLING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RECREATION; RISK FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 79953173982     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.086991     Document Type: Article

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