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High incidence of injury at the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games: a prospective cohort study of 6564 athlete days

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  • W Derman Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa International Olympic Committee (IOC) Research Centre, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • M P Schwellnus Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa International Olympic Committee (IOC) Research Centre, South Africa Institute for Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • E Jordaan Biostatistics Unit, Statistics and Population Studies Department, Medical Research Council of South Africa, University of the Western Cape PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • P Runciman Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • P Van de Vliet Medical & Scientific Department, International Paralympic Committee, Bonn, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • C Blauwet Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • N Webborn Centre for Sport and Exercise Science and Medicine (SESAME), University of Brighton, Eastbourne, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • S Willick Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Utah Orthopaedic Center, Salt Lake City, Utah PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • J Stomphorst Department of Sport Medicine, Isala Klinieken, Zwolle, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Wayne Derman, Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Room 4019, 4th Floor, Clinical Building, Tygerberg Medical Campus, Francie van Zijl Drive, Bellville, Cape Town 7505, South Africa; ewderman{at}iafrica.com
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Derman W, Schwellnus MP, Jordaan E, et al
High incidence of injury at the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games: a prospective cohort study of 6564 athlete days
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2016;50:1069-1074.

Publication history

  • Accepted May 19, 2016
  • First published June 15, 2016.
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October 11, 2022

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