Injury rate and injury pattern among elite World Cup snowboarders: A 6-year cohort study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-22

  Major, D H ^a   Steenstrup, S E ^a   Bere, T ^a   Bahr, R ^a   Nordsletten, L ^a,b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; SKIING; SPORTING INJURIES; STATISTICS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEAD INJURIES; INJURY PREVENTION; KNEE INJURIES; SPORTING INJURIES;

COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER; SKIING;

EID: 84893503742     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092573     Document Type: Article

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