Open AccessKitesurf injury trauma evaluation study: A prospective cohort study evaluating kitesurf injuries
Author(s) -
Christiaan JA van Bergen,
Rik Ik Weber,
Tim Kraal,
Gino M. M. J. Kerkhoffs,
Daniël Haverkamp
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of orthopedics
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2218-5836
DOI - 10.5312/wjo.v11.i4.243
Subject(s) - medicine , ankle , injury prevention , physical therapy , poison control , population , epidemiology , incidence (geometry) , prospective cohort study , cohort , occupational safety and health , surgery , emergency medicine , physics , environmental health , pathology , optics
Kitesurfing is an increasingly popular and potentially dangerous extreme water sport. We hypothesized that kitesurfing has a higher injury rate than other (contact) sports and that the minority of injuries are severe.
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