Survey of Hand and Upper Extremity Injuries Among Rock Climbers
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Acute hand and wrist injuries in experienced rock climbers.
BACKGROUND The sport of rock climbing has its own spectrum of injuries, almost half of which involve the wrist and hand. OBJECTIVE To examine the incidence of acute wrist and hand injuries in 545 members of The Climbers' Club of Great Britain. METHOD A total of 1100 questionnaires were sent to current members of The Climbers' Club of Great Britain for them to detail any hand and wrist injur...
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عنوان ژورنال: HAND
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1558-9447,1558-9455
DOI: 10.1177/1558944716679600