Paralympic medicine

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9836, 2012, Pages 65-71

  Webborn, Nick ^a,b   Van De Vliet, Peter ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b British Paralympic Association   (United Kingdom)

^c Department International Paralympic Committee   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBRAL PALSY; DISABLED PERSON; DOPING; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; PARALYMPIC MEDICINE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPORTS MEDICINE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SEASON; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; WINTER SPORT;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; DISABLED PERSONS; DOPING IN SPORTS; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SEASONS; SNOW SPORTS; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 84863468846     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60831-9     Document Type: Review

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