Biomechanical and physiological demands of kitesurfing and epidemiology of injury among kitesurfers

Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-66

  Bourgois, Jan G ^a,b   Boone, Jan ^a,b   Callewaert, Margot ^a   Tipton, Michael J ^c   Tallir, Isabel B ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LEG; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; TRUNK;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOWER EXTREMITY; SPORTS; TORSO; UPPER EXTREMITY; WATER;

EID: 84893189402     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-013-0103-4     Document Type: Review

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