Balance of older trekkers: Data on alpine accidents and performance as assessed using a video game machine

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1125-1128

  Kimura, Masafumi ^a   Tobe, Masaru ^a   Suto, Takashi ^a   Narahara, Soh ^a   Yamada, Makiko ^a   Aso, Chizu ^a   Takazawa, Tomonori ^a   Baba, Yasuo ^b   Saito, Shigeru ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Gunma Prefectural Alpine Rescue   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; REVIEW; STROKE; TREND STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84865470820     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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