Differences in clinical characteristics of head injuries to snowboarders by skill level

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2656-2661

  Koyama, Shinya ^a   Fukuda, Osamu ^a   Hayashi, Nakamasa ^b   Endo, Shunro ^b  

^a Saito Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

beginner; expert; head injury; intermediate; snowboarding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; JAPAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83455224831     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511422331     Document Type: Article

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