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Skateboarding injuries of today.
BACKGROUND Skateboarding injuries have increased with the rise in popularity of the sport, and the injury pattern can be expected to have changed with the development of both skateboard tricks and the materials used for skateboard construction. OBJECTIVE To describe the injury pattern of today. METHODS The pattern of injuries, circumstances, and severity were investigated in a study of all ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1967
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.43.503.574