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Published in: Sports Medicine 2/2003

01-02-2003 | Correspondence

Alpine Ski Injuries and Their Prevention

Author: John B. Harris

Published in: Sports Medicine | Issue 2/2003

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I have read the excellent article by Koehle, Lloyd-Smith and Taunton[1] with great interest and appreciation. It sought to provide an historical overview of ski injuries and their prevention, and in their search methods, preferentially drew from “primary references and original research”, succeeding in large degree, but with one oversight. Specifically, the omission of the initial pioneering research in head and spine ski injury. …
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Metadata
Title
Alpine Ski Injuries and Their Prevention
Author
John B. Harris
Publication date
01-02-2003
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Sports Medicine / Issue 2/2003
Print ISSN: 0112-1642
Electronic ISSN: 1179-2035
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2165/00007256-200333020-00006

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