Injury rates and risk-factors associated with eventing: A total cohort study of injury events among adult Swedish eventing athletes

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 261-267

  Ekberg, Joakim ^a   Timpka, Toomas ^a,b   Ramel, Henrik ^a   Valter, Lars ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Ostergotland County Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

eventing; qualification; risk taking attitude; sports injury epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HORSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TIME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859257665     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2010.545129     Document Type: Article

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