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Cross-Country Skiing

JAMAPublished 23 January 1978
John W. Lyons
Citations14
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score5.35
SNIP10.71

TL;DR

Eleven cases of relatively severe injuries illustrate that cross-country skiing is not a safe sport, with few serious injuries and a preponderance of upper extremity injuries.

Abstract

Cross-country skiing has been thought to be a safe sport, with few serious injuries and a preponderance of upper extremity injuries. Eleven cases of relatively severe injuries illustrate that this is not necessarily true. (JAMA239:334-335, 1978)

Keywords

Medicine