Injury prevention advances in alpine ski racing: Harnessing collaboration with the International Ski Federation (FIS), long-term surveillance and digital technology to benefit athletes

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 738-

  Bere, Tone ^a   Bahr, Roald ^a,b  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MALE; SKIING;

HUMANS; MALE; SKIING;

EID: 84908263956     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-093528     Document Type: Editorial

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