Impact of environmental factors on knee injuries in male and female recreational skiers

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-189

  Ruedl, G ^a,b   Fink, C ^c   Schranz, A ^d   Sommersacher, R ^e   Nachbauer, W ^a,b   Burtscher, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Centre of Technology of Ski and Alpine Sports   (Austria)

^c Sportsclinic Austria   (Austria)

^d Sportclinic medalp soelden imst ^*  (Austria)

^e Austrian Ski Federation   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine skiing; Cold exposure; Environment; Gender; Knee injury

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIING; WEATHER;

ADULT; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECREATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKIING; SNOW; WEATHER;

EID: 84858294566     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2011.01286.x     Document Type: Article

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