Injuries among World Cup ski and snowboard athletes

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-66

  Florenes T W ^a   Nordsletten, L ^a   Heir, S ^a   Bahr, R ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Athletic injuries; Epidemiology; Skiing; Snowboarding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTERVIEW; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIING; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; TIME;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIING; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84855825326     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01147.x     Document Type: Article

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