Clinical characteristics of 385 illnesses of athletes with impairment reported on the web-iiss system during the london 2012 paralympic games

PM and R

Volumn 6, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2014, Pages

  Derman, Wayne ^a,b   Schwellnus, Martin ^a,b   Jordaan, Esme ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Academic Medical Center VU University Medical Center   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LIMB AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SORE THROAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPORTING EVENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING; WEB BROWSER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISABLED PERSON; DISABLED SPORT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPORTS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906053620     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2014.05.016     Document Type: Article

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