Factors associated with injuries occurred on slope intersections and in snow parks compared to on-slope injuries

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 1221-1225

  Ruedl, Gerhard ^a   Kopp, Martin ^a   Sommersacher, Renate ^b   Woldrich, Tomas ^b   Burtscher, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Austrian Ski Federation   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine skiing; Collision; Ski helmet; Ski injury; Slope intersection; Snow park

Indexed keywords

ALPINE SKIING; BACK INJURIES; COLLISION; KNEE INJURY; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL RISKS; RISK FACTORS; SKI HELMET; SKI INJURY; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNOW;

SPORTS MEDICINE;

SNOW;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; WEATHER; WINTER SPORT;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUSTRIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SNOW; SNOW SPORTS; WEATHER;

EID: 84870302669     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.09.019     Document Type: Article

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