Prevention of child camel jockey injuries: A success story from the United Arab Emirates

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 467-471

  Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^a,b   Hefny, Ashraf F ^a   Branicki, Frank ^a,b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

camel; child; injury; jockey; mechanism; prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CAMEL JOCKEY INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAW; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT INJURY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CAMELS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FACIAL INJURIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869505784     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e318258772a     Document Type: Article

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