Characteristics of injuries sustained by snowboarders in a terrain park

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 172-177

  Russell, Kelly ^a   Meeuwisse, Willem ^a   Nettel Aguirre, Alberto ^a   Emery, Carolyn A ^a   Wishart, Jillian ^a   Romanow, Nicole T R ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^b   Goulet, Claude ^c   Hagel, Brent E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Injury; Ski patrol; Snowboarding; Terrain park

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ANKLE INJURY; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; FOOT INJURY; FRACTURE; HAND INJURY; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HIP INJURY; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; KNEE INJURY; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER INJURY; SKIING; SPORT INJURY; THORAX INJURY; WRIST INJURY;

ALBERTA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; SHOULDER; SKIING; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 84877783399     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31827bd918     Document Type: Article

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