Sport injuries and illnesses during the first Winter Youth Olympic Games 2012 in Innsbruck, Austria

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1030-1037

  Ruedl, Gerhard ^a   Schobersberger, Wolfgang ^b   Pocecco, Elena ^a   Blank, Cornelia ^b   Engebretsen, Lars ^c,d   Soligard, Torbjørn ^d   Steffen, Kathrin ^c,d   Kopp, Martin ^a   Burtscher, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Sports Medicine Alpine Medicine and Health Tourism   (Austria)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d International Olympic Committee   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; WINTER SPORT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SNOW SPORTS;

EID: 84869017021     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091534     Document Type: Article

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