Injuries in elite and recreational snowboarders

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-17

  Wijdicks, Coen A ^a   Rosenbach, Brandon S ^a   Flanagan, Troy R ^b   Bower, Gillian E ^b   Newman, Kelly E ^a   Clanton, Thomas O ^a,c   Engebretsen, Lars ^d   LaPrade, Robert F ^a,c   Hackett, Tom R ^a,c  

^a STEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Team Physician   (United States)

^c THE STEADMAN CLINIC   (United States)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE INJURY; BIOMECHANICS; ELITE PERFORMANCE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; LANDING IMPACT; LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES; OLYMPICS; REVIEW; SKIING; STATISTICS; WRIST INJURY;

ELITE PERFORMANCE; KNEE; LANDING IMPACT; LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES; OLYMPICS;

ANKLE INJURIES; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KNEE INJURIES; SKIING; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 84894927520     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-093019     Document Type: Review

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