Snowboard wrist guards-use, efficacy, and design: A systematic review

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-157

  Kim, Suezie ^a   Lee, Steve K ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^c BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMBASE; EPIPHYSIOLYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIING; SNOWBOARD WRIST GUARD; SPORT INJURY; SPRAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WRIST FRACTURE; WRIST INJURY;

BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SKIING; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 79960464109     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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